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 this terrifying collection of stories, Hellbound Hearts (Pocket Books; September 29, 2009; $16.00). 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 contains:
- “Prisoners of the Inferno” by Peter Atkins
- “The Cold” by Conrad Williams
- “The Confessors 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
- “Demons Design” by Nicholas Vince
- “Only The Blind Survive” by Yvonne Navarro
- “Mothers 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 Hes Ashore” by Chaz Brenchley
Afterword by Doug Bradley. Edited by Paul Kane and Marie O’Regan. Special Bonus Material: Wordsworth Graphic short story Original Script by Neil Gaiman.
The book is due for release on 9/29, but you can pre-order from Amazon.com: Hellbound Hearts