Midian Unmade Tales of Clive Barker's Nightbreed

by Nassise, Joseph; Howison, Del; Barker, Clive

• ISBN13: 9780765335432
• ISBN10: 0765335433
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2016-09-27
• Publisher: Tor Books

Summary

Clive Barker's Nightbreed has been controversial since the moment it was released in a version edited by the studio and roundly condemned by Barker, who wrote and directed the movie. A virtually instant cult film based on Barker's novella Cabal, it was nominated for three Saturn Awards and won several prizes at European film festivals.

Midian Unmade tells the stories of the Nightbreed after the fall of their city, Midian. Driven from their homes, their friends and family members slain before their eyes, the monsters become a mostly-hidden diaspora. Some are hunted; others, hunters. Some seek refuge. Others want revenge.

Contributors include: Karl Alexander, author of the classic novel Time After Time; actor, writer, and director Amber Benson (Tara Maclay on Buffy the Vampire Slayer); New York Times bestselling author Nancy Holder; Hugo and John W. Campbell Award winner Seanan McGuire; Bram Stoker Award winner Weston Ochse; David J. Schow, winner of the World Fantasy Award and writer of the screenplay for The Crow; New York Times bestselling writer Stephen Woodworth; and many more—23 stories in all.

With an introduction by Clive Barker, this is an outstanding collection of original horror short stories in a dazzling variety of styles.

Author Biography

JOSEPH NASSISE is the author of the Templar Chronicles and the Jeremiah Hunt novels. He has been a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award and the International Horror Guild Award. He lives in Arizona with his family.

DEL HOWISON is the co-founder and owner of Dark Delicacies, an independent horror bookstore, in Burbank, CA. Howison has co-edited several collections, including the Bram Stoker Award-winning Dark Delicacies: Original Tales of Terror and the Macabre.

CLIVE BARKER is a legendary author, filmmaker, and visual artist. His acumen as a horror writer has been praised as some of the most influential to pop culture in recent times. Stephen King hailed Barker as "the future of horror." His Books of Blood series and his novella The Hellbound Heart which inspired the Hellraiser movies have amassed a global cult following and cemented their place in pop culture history. The Scarlet Gospels marks Barker's highly-anticipated return to horror fiction.

Table of Contents

Preface by Joseph Nassise
Introduction by Clive Barker
Return to Midian by Lisa Majewski
The Moon Inside by Seanan McGuire
The Night Ray Bradbury Died by Kevin J. Wetmore
Another Little Piece of My Heart by Nancy Holder
The Kindness of Surrender by Kurt Fawver
The Angel of Isisford by Brian Craddock
P ride by Amber Benson
Button, Button by Ernie W. Cooper
I Am the Night You Never Speak Of
by C. Robert Cargill
The Devil Until the Credits Roll by Weston Ochse
The Light house of Midian by Ian Rogers
Lakrimay by Nerine Dorman
And Midian Whispered Its Name by Shaun Meeks
Cell of Curtains by Timothy Baker
Tamara by Paul J. Salamof
Raphael's Shroud by Karl Alexander
Wretched by Edward Brauer
A Monster Among Monsters by Stephen Woodworth
and Kelly Dunn
The Jesuit's Mask by Durand Sheng Welsh
Rook by Rob Salem
Collector by David J. Schow
Bait and Switch by Lilith Saintcrow
The Farm house by Christopher Monfette