<p>The authorized biography of the man who created "The Books of Blood" and "Weaveworld". Barker: a contemporary myth-maker, explorer of our darkest instincts and ultimate fears - the writer who, more than any other contemporary figure, has shaped our nightmares through diverse media. Novelist, playwright, scriptwriter and director, he is a master at twisting the mundane to make it fantastic and frightening. In this detailed biography, enabled through unprecedented access to Barker and his closest friends and family, Douglas Winter reveals at last what haunts the man who haunts us all.</p>

Clive Barker: The Dark Fantastic

Biographies & Memoirs

Douglas E. Winter

Arts & Literature

Harper Collins Pb

<p>Set on a distant planet of spectacular beauty and peopled by Lords and Kings, mighty warriors and raven-haired temptresses, this is the story of a great war for total domination.</p>

The Worm Ouroboros: The Prelude to Zimiamvia

Literature & Fiction

Classics

Harper

For more than a decade, readers have turned to The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror to find the most rewarding fantastic short stories. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling continue their critically acclaimed and award-winning tradition with another stunning collection of stories. The fiction and poetry here is culled from an exhaustive survey of the field, nearly four dozen stories ranging from fairy tales to gothic horror, from magical realism to dark tales in the Grand Guignol style. Rounding out the volume are the editors' invaluable overviews of the year in fantasy and horror, and a long list of Honorable Mentions, making this an indispensable reference as well as the best reading available in fantasy and horror.ContentsSummation 1999: FantasyTerri WindlingSummation 1999: HorrorEllen DatlowHorror and Fantasy in the Media: 1999Edward BryantComics: 1999, Seth JohnsonObituaries: 1999, James FrenkelDarkrose and Diamond, Ursula K. Le GuinThe Chop Girl, Ian R. MacLeodThe Girl Detective, Kelly LinkThe Transformation, N. Scott MomadayCarabosse, Delia ShermanHarlequin Valentine, Neil GaimanToad, Patricia A. McKillipThe Dinner Party, Robert GirardiHeat, Steve Rasnic TemThe Wedding at EsperanzaLinnet TaylorRedescending, Ursula K. Le GuinYou Don't Have to be Mad . . .Kim NewmanThe Paper-Thin Garden, Thomas WhartonThe Anatomy of a MermaidMary SharrattThe Grammarian's Five DaughtersEleanor ArnasonThe Tree Is My Hat, Gene WolfeWelcome, Michael Marshall SmithThe Pathos of Genre, Douglas E. WinterShatsi , Peter CrowtherKeepsakes and Treasures: A Love StoryNeil GaimanWhat You Make It, Michael Marshall SmithThe Parwat Ruby, Delia ShermanOdysseus Old, Geoffrey BrockThe Smell of the Deer, Kent MeyersChorion and the PleiadesSarah Van ArsdaleCrosley, Elizabeth Engstromn0 Naming the Dead, Paul J. McAuleyThe Stork-Men, Juan GoytisoloThe Disappearance of Elaine ColemanSteven MillhauserWhite, Tim LebbonDear Floods of Her Hair, James SallisMrs. Santa Decides to Move to FloridaApril SelleyTanuki, Jan HodgmanAt Reparata, Jeffrey FordSkin So Green and Fine, Wendy WheelerOld Merlin Dancing on the Sands of TimeJane YolenSailing the Painted OceanDenise LeeGrandmother, Laurence SnydalSmall Song, Gary A. BraunbeckThe Emperor's Old BonesGemma FilesThe Duke of Wellington Misplaces His HorseSusanna ClarkeHalloween Street, Steve Rasnic TemThe Kiss, Tia V. TravisThe Beast/The Hedge, Bill LewisPixel Pixies, Charles de LintFalling Away, Elizabeth BirminghamHonorable Mentions: 1999

Year's Best Fantasy & Horror - Thirteenth Annual Collection

Thomas Wharton

GENE WOLFE

MICHAEL MARSHALL SMITH

kim-newman

Eleanor Arnason

Elizabeth Engstrom

Geoffrey Brock

Paul McAuley

Kent Meyers

peter-crowther

Mary Sharratt

Sarah Van Arsdale

Genre Fiction

St.Martin's Press

Based on extensive research and interviews with King himself, this critical survey of the horror master's novels includes a chronology of King's life and career, and appendixes documenting his short stories, movie and television adaptations, and a complete bibliography of his works

Stephen King: The Art of Darkness

New American Library

Written with Clive Barker's complete cooperation and based upon years of research and interviews with family, friends, and fellow professionals, The Dark Fantastic is an epic journey into the life, personal and creative, of the "polymath of the perverse": artist, playwright, storyteller, novelist, filmmaker.After a detailed look into Clive's family history, his youth, and the early, lean years of his life as a playwright and actor in Liverpool and London, The Dark Fantastic undertakes a chapter-by-chapter analysis of his major creative works, from The Books of Blood and Hellraiser to the epic fantasy Imajica, the illustrated children's book The Thief of Always, and the recent novels Sacrament and Galilee. The concluding chapters offer an in-depth preview of Clive's forthcoming work, including the lavishly illustrated Abarat Quartet, which has been licensed by Walt Disney for motion pictures and theme parks.Rich with insights into the creative life -- and the perils of genre and typecasting -- The Dark Fantastic is a delight for fans, and mandatory reading for anyone interested in the rise, fall, and resurrection of horror and fantasy fiction and film in the late Twentieth Century. It includes the complete text of a never-before-published short story, exclusive glimpses into additional unpublished stories and plays, and a detailed bibliography.This Cemetery Dance Publications special limited edition will include full-color artwork created especially for the Limited Edition by Clive Barker, as well as some unique surprises not to be found in the mass-market edition!

Cemetery Dance Publications

Included in this collection are 21 short stories by the award willing author of Silk. Caitlin R. Kiernan has added a new voice to the world of horror and supernatural writing. Her stories consistently make it into The Years Best Fantasy and Horror and The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror. Her writing is unique, thought provoking, and leads you to places that you fear, yet find fascinating.

Tales of Pain and Wonder [Trade Paperback]

Peter Straub

Caitlin, R., Kiernan

PS Publishing

Off Season Unexpurgated Signed Limited - Sterling 1/ 100

Jack Ketchum

Overlook Connection Press

Signed, Limited, Numbered edition.Signed by Jack Ketchum, Douglas E. Winter, and artist Neal McPheeters.Sealed in an acid-free book cover, then sealed again for archival protection.This novel appears for the first time in its original unexpurgated of the authors vision. The original publisher refused to publish it in this version in 1980. Now available in this edition with an introduction by Douglas E. Winter.They had Hunted every animal but there was no flesh like mans . . . Welcome to Jack Ketchums ferocious and unforgettable first novel, Off Season. Originally published in 1981, Off Season was a defining moment of contemporary horror fiction, an instant classic whose impact on the writing and reading of horror continues today... ...when I read Off Season, I knew that its writer was different; that he was working from that raw and risky perspective known as personal vision, and that he had written a novel that was his own, and not what a publisher wanted or expected. Stocked in the shadows of bestsellers and a blur of Stephen King wannabes, Off Season was issued as a paperback original by Ballantine -- a publisher who has never shown much enthusiasm for the fiction of fear. The cover was a minimalist triumph, its title embossed in black on black, stained with a red thread of blood. The authors name -- a pseudonym -- was reported in white block capital letters, and the top of the cover announced:"THE ULTIMATE HORROR NOVEL." The hyperbole was deserved. Off Season was the genuine article, its horror insistent, visceral, and disturbing.-- From the Introduction to Off Season: Unexpurgated by Douglas E. Winter

Off Season : The Unexpurgated Signed Limited Edition

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