HELLBOUND HEARTS


Edited by Paul Kane and Marie O'Regan

Twenty-one Tales Inspired by Clive Barker's Hellraising Universe

Clive Barker's iconic masterpiece The Hellbound Heart, the novella adapted into the film Hellraiser, unleashed a new mythology of horror, brilliantly conceived and born of the darkest imagination. Now, enter this visionary world—the merciless realm of the demonic Cenobites—in HELLBOUND HEARTS (Pocket Books; September 29, 2009; $16.00), a terrifying collection of stories inspired by The Hellbound Heart. Featured here is the graphic work "Wordsworth," from bestselling author Neil Gaiman and artist Dave McKean, who unlock an explicit way to violate innocence—one torturous puzzle at a time…New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong logs on to a disturbing website for gamers, where the challenge is agonizing, and the solution beyond painful. When his father disappears, an Oxford student returns to his family's mansion, where a strange mechanism in the cellar holds a curious power, in a haunting illustrated work by Christopher Golden and Mike Mignola.

With a special foreword by Clive Barker, introduction by Stephen Jones, and afterword by Doug 'Pinhead' Bradley, HELLBOUND HEARTS is a must have for any horror and dark fantasy fan.

Full contents list below:

Cover art: an original Cenobite Clive has painted specifically for Hellbound Hearts, called Vestimenti.

Foreword: Clive Barker

Introduction: 'Raising Hell, Again' by Stephen Jones

'Prisoners of the Inferno' by Peter Atkins
'The Cold' by Conrad Williams
'The Confessor's Tale' by Sarah Pinborough
'Hellbound Hollywood' by Mick Garris
'Mechanisms' by Christopher Golden and Mike Mignola (illustrated by Mike Mignola)
'Every Wrong Turn' by Tim Lebbon
'The Collector' by Kelley Armstrong
'Bulimia' by Richard Christian Matheson
'Orfeo the Damned' by Nancy Holder
'Our Lord of Quarters' by Simon Clark
'Wordsworth' by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean
'A Little Piece of Hell' by Steve Niles
'The Dark Materials Project' by Sarah Langan
'Demon’s Design' by Nicholas Vince
'Only The Blind Survive' by Yvonne Navarro
'Mother's Ruin' by Mark Morris
'Sister Cilice' by Barbie Wilde
'Santos del Infierno' by Jeffrey J. Mariotte
'The Promise' by Nancy Kilpatrick
'However…' by Gary A. Braunbeck and Lucy A. Snyder
'Tis Pity He's Ashore' by Chaz Brenchley

Afterword by Doug Bradley

Special Bonus Material: Wordsworth Graphic short story Original Script by Neil Gaiman.




Hellbound Hearts, Simon and Schuster