I'm sooo going to hunt for The Books Of Blood.

As my closest friends will know, I am a vivid follower of stories of the macabre. I have always enjoyed short stories that showcases the bizzare or the downright disgusting, but lately I find that it is almost impossible to find any books that matches up to the quality of yore.

Singapore Ghost Stories? Give me a break.. Edgar Allen Poe? Anytime!

It was until after watching the movie screening of "The Midnight Meat Train" yesterday, that my love for horror was somewhat revived after a long drought. Although the movie sucked ass, it had effectively aroused my interest in horror, and most notably the acclaimed director Clive Barker.

To be honest, I had never watched a single work of Barker's. But everytime I hear his name, I get reminded of bloody images from his movies like Hellraiser, The Candy Man, and The Illusionist. The pictures were enough to make me wanna gag, so I stayed far far away from the movies.

Here are a few captures to whet your appetite:



The Midnight Meat Train



Hellraiser!

Upon some googling on Clive Barker, I stumbled upon his books from 1984 to 1985. They were a series of short stories, split between six volumes published over two years. Here are two examples quoted from Wikipedia:

"Human Remains

A young gay prostitute is hired by an archeologist. During the course of night he stumbles into the bathroom to discover a Roman-esque statue of a man lying in the bath. Over the next few weeks he has the sense of being followed and being haunted by a doppelgänger. At the same time, his mind and body transforms; he becomes cold and lifeless, no longer needing to eat or sleep. He finally discovers his doppelganger, the statue from the bath, at his father's grave, crying in sorrow, while he is unmoved. It becomes clear that the doppelganger has become more convincing as a human than he is, and he wanders away, allowing it to continue living in his persona."

"How Spoilers Bleed

Several European men, led by a cold-hearted man named Locke, have bought land in the jungles of South America, uncaring that it is inhabited by a tribe of Amazonian natives. When the tribe refuse to move, Locke's cohort shoots one of them dead accidentally. The elder of the tribe puts a curse on the men which, one by one, strikes them down with a gruesome condition that makes their bodies incredibly delicate; a mote of dust can slice their skin open, the soles of their feet crack when they stand. After his men die off, Locke goes back to the tribe to beg for forgiveness. However, when he gets there, the tribe has been massacred by some of his other colleagues. Locke begins to suffer the symptoms of the deadly curse just as he realises there is now no way of having it removed."

Just reading the summariesalone is enough to make my skin crawl with anticipation... All I have to do now is grab myself a copy before my interests span runs out... Hehe...

Woo, last night was hot. Didn't know I had voyeurism tendencies in me, but I guess it was ok since we were at a club. Goddamn it, five days is too long to have to wait to see you again.


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