Nothing warms the heart ’round the holidays like a short story collection from Clive Barker, am I right boys and girls? Well, if the heart is being warmed by the scorching fires of hell and the holiday is Gut A Puritan Day, sure.
Clive announced on his Twitter page that a new collection of tales is on the way soon: Research day for polishes on a novella for the collection of short fiction to be delivered soon:’ Black is The Devil’s Rainbow.’
Another Tweet from Clive: I now admit to being obsessed with this new book of short fiction. I’m up until four or five, hating to sleep. Oh, I f*cking LOVE making art. Even when it makes you crazy, it’s still the best devourer of despair, affirmer of life, celebrant of being the shameless sinner!
BLACK IS THE DEVIL’S RAINBOW is a new collection Barker is prepping for a possible Halloween 2010 publication.
From the Clive Barker website: “…These stories were originally intended to accompany the ‘Pinhead vs. Harry’ novella which grew into the full-size novel now known as ‘The Scarlet Gospels’. Originally planned a decade ago as providing a home for all the previously uncollected short stories, together with a whole bunch of new pieces of short fiction, this has recently taken on a more important role in collecting Clive’s meditations, poems, and selected shorter pieces. ‘The Scarlet Gospels’ was a title originally planned for a standalone collection of erotic poetry and prose, then (like other titles before it, including ‘Everville’ and ‘Saint Sinner’) had the title recycled and was planned as the title-piece novella within the collection before it outgrew its place here.”
Meanwhile, a book of non-fiction stories from Barker entitled THE PAINTER, THE CREATURE, AND THE FATHER OF LIES will be released in the early part of 2010.
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