A new collection of short fiction
It seems that whether it’s in fiction, art or movies, Clive Barker is always hard at work. And this latest Twitter post from the author had us intrigued.
He writes: “Research day for polishes on a novella for the collection of short fiction to be delivered soon: Black is The Devil’s Rainbow.”
A new short story collection? The title was one that we weren’t immediately familiar with, so we did a quick search over on the official Clive Barker website and uncovered the following details about his new collection of short fiction.
Black Is The Devil’s Rainbow: Tales Of A Journeyman
…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.
Clive suspects a possible Halloween 2010 publication is now on the cards for Black Is The Devil’s Rainbow…
We’ll be eagerly waiting!
Source: Twitter, CliveBarker.info
