Here are five more short stories of horror and intrigue by a writer who knows how to raise goose bumps on your flesh. In “Books of Blood Volume Two” Clive Barker proves he can tell a chilling tale. These stories don’t quite measure up to those in Volume One, but they’re still worth a read and fans will want them in their collections.
The first story is a sadistic piece called “Dread” about a college student trying to understand his own fears. Quaid experiments by torturing others but in the end his own fears come back to kill him.
“Hell’s Event” is the story of a race that takes place once every century in London – Satan’s minions against the human runners. Whoever wins gains control, but Satan doesn’t play fair.
In “Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament” a woman recovers from a suicide and discovers she has a special ability. She can destroy people with her mind. After she accidentally kills her therapist, then not so accidentally her husband she starts losing control.
“The Skins of the Fathers” is a bizarre story about a race of creatures that have come to reclaim a child that was born through a mating with a human woman. The humans fight back intent on slaying the monsters and things turn deadly.
The last story is “New Murders in the Rue Morgue,” about a supposed descendant of M. Dupin, the character in Edgar Allan Poe’s classic story. In a strange experiment a gorilla has been trained to act human and commits murder.
Avid fans will not be disappointed. This is a decent collection that will entertain. This book can be found used online or as part of a collection.
Clive Barker’s Books of Blood Volumes One to Three
Publisher: Berkley (October 1998)
ISBN: 978-0425165584
Pages: 528
Price: $17.00
Books of Blood Volume Two by Clive Barker
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