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Books of Blood: Volume Two (1984)

by Clive Barker
(#2 in Books of Blood)

To a surgeon, cutting into the human body is an art. Muscle and flesh are his canvas, the scalpel his tool. He studies the composition of the organs -- their balance and form -- the structure of the bones and network of blood vessels. He makes his incision, cutting, slicing with loving care. — Clive Barker is another type of surgeon. — He understands the human body too. He knows how the nerves send impulses to a riveted brain. And he knows how the hot blood surges through veins and arteries under a thin membrane of skin.

And then gushes out...

Five stories of horror and intrigue include, 'Dread,' 'Hell's Event,' 'Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament,' 'The Skins of the Fathers,' and 'New Murders in the Rue Morgue.' Reprint.