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The full text of many of the interviews quoted on the site is a damn good read and we'd recommend a visit to some of our favourite sites (linked below) in order to get their full flavour. Any Barker related information gratefully received, especially listings and/or full text, audio or video of articles and interviews we've not got listed on the Interviews pages. Other places that Revelations exists online... Revelations on Facebook - Come over to Facebook and chat with us and other fans. Revelations on Twitter - We're doing some tweeting over at Twitter, largely to keep up with... ... Clive on Twitter - where Clive's tweeting merrily as RealCliveBarker Our favourite Clive Barker sites Lost Souls - The Confessions pages of the former Official site have the full text of almost 50 full-length interviews from a wide variety of magazines, newspapers and online appearances, together with many of their exclusive Lost Souls interviews (originally published in newsletters prepared for members of the Lost Souls fan club). The section presenting a wide range of Barker's artwork is a particular favourite of ours and we thoroughly recommend a visit. HarperCollins UK - The HarperCollins group has been home to Barker's novels since his signing to William Collins back in 1986, giving him both the space to create freely and the reach that a global corporation can provide. Together with the Voyager imprint and the US companion at HarperCollins.com, they host text and audio excerpts from many of Barker's titles. HarperCollins US have established an Abarat website, with character bios, an Abaratian Appendix, and an interview with Clive (a Japanese version of this site has also been created). And rounding off the HarperCollins links here, there's a Clive Barker Books page at MySpace - that's now up and running. The Hellbound Web - Tripps, the creator of this legendary triumph of research, retired in early 2003, leaving the site and its excellent bulletin board in new hands. It remains the best place for discussing what might happen next to dear old Pinhead and his buddies. That's Clive! - The official site of the German fanclubs, with a comprehensive German bibliography and lots of great images. Taken over and refreshed by Thomas Hemmerich, they have a number of their interviews with Clive online. Hellraiser Gallery - José Leitão's regularly updated blog on all aspects of Clive's work. The New Yzordderrex - A Russian site full of interesting images and other content put together by the enigmatically named Maestro Sartori. Other sites with Clive Barker material Luna7 - From the days of Zehrapushu Inc. right through to the present day with Luna7, Hans Rueffert has been responsible for presenting high quality reproductions of some of Barker's most striking artwork as well as creating the late-lamented Imajica card game. Lately, he has had key involvement with the latest Imajica book re-release, creating its new appendix and, of course, the fantastic range of Abarat giclees. That Imajica re-issue features no less than 16 of Richard Kirk's immaculate renderings of the Five Dominions and those who walk in them. Head over to Richard Kirk's gallery website to see more of his work. IDW Publishing - The home of graphic novelisations of The Thief of Always and The Great and Secret Show as well as the forthcoming Torakator and Seduth, the site is full of previews, artwork and constantly updated information. Earthling Publications - 2007 saw Earthling's hardcover edition of The Hellbound Heart while 2009 will see a collection of Clive's non-fiction edited by our very own selves. A highly recommended publisher! Bert Green Fine Art - Having hosting the award-winning Visions of Heaven and Hell (and Then Some) exhibition, Bert Green continues to provide a home for Clive's original art for sale. NECA - NECA's site showcases their excellent work on the Hellraiser series so far and work-in-progress on the next batch of models. Spawn - Todd McFarlane has long carved his own niche in the model market, and with his recent collaborations with Barker the site has newly developed a fabulous feature section to promote the Infernal Parade range. Standing Stones - Although Electronic Arts have now taken down their site dedicated to the Undying game, the guys at Standing Stones have ably taken on the task of guiding us around the game. Jam-packed with all the help and info you could ever need, plus a community of like-minded gamers, this is the place for Undying hints and tips and much more... Gauntlet Press - Along with their Barker-related offerings in the form of the limited versions of Caitlin R Kiernan's Silk and the short Barker essay in the limited versions of Richard Christian Matheson's Dystopia as well as A Life In The Cinema by Mick Garris, this excellent publisher has a portfolio of unusual and rare collections and genre books as well as a regular magazine. Cemetery Dance - Contributing not only the limited versions of Doug Winter's Revelations (containing the Chiliad stories), CD Publications are also promising a limited version of Winter's Barker biography, The Dark Fantastic, sometime...maybe... There's also Barker involvement in Richard Chizmar's upcoming Legacies. Like Gauntlet, they also publish an excellent magazine. Checker - Bringing the Hellraiser and Tapping the Vein graphic novels back to life with a vengeance and no small amount of class in the deluxe editions. Dark Carnival - This site has the full text of the Barker short story 'Animal Life' on-line. Midian: The Unofficial Site of Clive Barker's Nightbreed - Baphomette herself has created an invaluable resource on the Nightbreed and their trials and tribulations. Hundreds of screenshots from the movie and an active forum sit alongside the screenplay, character descriptions and magazine articles. Kazmierczak - Part of a much larger site created and maintained by Mike Kazmierczak with his reviews, comments and thoughts on books, videos, TV etc - this part of his site is dedicated to Clive Barker. Robber Baron Productions - Not strictly Clive Barker, but our friend Frazer Lee and the gang are in the vanguard of current British horror and have two Doug Bradley short films completed - On Edge and Red Lines - with plans for a third and a feature film. Take a look at the plotlines and storyboards and, on the off-chance that you're a commissioning producer or just have a burning desire to invest in upcoming horror film-makers, have a good, long look at their potential... Doug Bradley's Official Site - This site has gone from strength to strength since its launch and is now indispensable for those legions of fans wishing to follow the activities of Mr Bradley and wanting details of his upcoming personal appearances. Simon Bamford's Official Site Long-time collaborator on a number of projects with Clive - here's what he's up to at the moment... Dark Echo - Paula Guran's online newsletter and website. Indispensable (although currently on hiatus...). Les Edwards's Official Site - The hugely talented Les Edwards has brought us the Son of Celluloid and Rawhead Rex graphic novels and covers for related books including Dark Detectives. His site showcases extracts from the graphic novels and a portfolio of his other work. Dread Central - Well-connected sources and daily updates have long established Dread Central (offspring of Creature Corner) as one of our regular stopping-off points. Now fully extracted from the grip of The Horror Channel, it is back to the business of providing excellent horror news coverage. The Alien Online - Newly re-launched as The UK SF Book News Network, this remains the top UK-based home for news from the world of genre fiction as well as Sandy Auden's interviews. (Note - site currently 'in hibernation'). Fifth Dominion - Clive Barker Fans - A new fan forum created in July 2006 by Roger Boyes and gaining momentum. Burning City, Inc. has posters and other merchandise available from the 1992 world premiere play adaptation of In The Flesh in Chicago. Stanley Wiater's Official Site showcases his distinguished career in exploring dark subject matter through Dark Dreamers, Dark Visions, Dark Thoughts On Writing - all featuring Clive - and much, much more... Signed copies of all his books are available through the site and his excellent TV show of interviews with horror masters, Dark Dreamers gets a DVD release later in 2008. Chris Daumann's paper on Imajica is now available, all the info you need is here. Codemasters have created both a Jericho flash site with the game demo, puzzles and a wealth of downloadable material. Stay up-to-date with news and access the thriving Jericho forum through their Jericho community website. Top horror and fantastique books and magazines Shadows in Eden - Published in 1991 and edited by Stephen Jones, this superb reference work charts the years of obscurity prior to the publication of the first three volumes of the Books of Blood in 1984, through the period in which Clive Barker produced the remaining volumes of the Books of Blood, The Damnation Game, Weaveworld, Cabal and The Great And Secret Show together with Hellraiser, Nightbreed and Hellbound and became everybody's favourite interviewee. Invaluable. There have been rumours of a second volume several times during the last decade and all we can say is that we'd love you to do it Stephen - and we'd love to help. Seriously. Fangoria - The first great champions in the US of Clive Barker's writing and, especially, his film-making. From the article in Issue 51 in January 1986 in which we were invited to "Meet Clive Barker", through the fascinating diary tracing Lord Of Illusions from script to screen, right through to the present day, Fangoria (along with the related Gorezone) has been there every step of the way and remains the mass market magazine for gore-lovers everywhere. The best of their interviews with Clive Barker have been gathered together alongside interviews with Stephen King and published as a paperback called Masters of the Dark. Hats off to Philip Nutman in particular for the articles we all enjoyed and envied him for! Pandemonium - Put together by Michael Brown, packed with rare photos and revealing interviews with both Barker and others, this book is great. Illustrator I and II - Perhaps the most revealing books of all. Linkages between the creative elements of art, fiction and life are broken down and laid bare by Fred Burke in these two lengthy interview-based books. Hard to find these days but well worth a little effort. Cinefantastique - Glossy and informed, this monthly magazine needs no introduction to lovers of fantastic film. Cinefantastique was read avidly by Barker during his formative years, we can do no more than recommend others do the same today. Shivers and Starburst - Taking over the mantle of responsibility for horror from its sister magazine Starburst in June 1992, Shivers continues to represent the UK in reporting intelligently to a mass market from the leading edge of fantasy and horror. Starburst back issues form a fascinating record of Barker's development since the access the magazine and its writers - particularly Alan Jones - gained to Barker's enclave before his move to Los Angeles is almost without parallel. Dread - The magazine of the first Official Clive Barker fan club (The Breed) folded in 1993 after 12 issues and two specials, but up to that time often contained must-have information. Michael Brown, the editor, was also responsible for Pandemonium and Lost Souls rose from the ashes of the Breed's pen-pals listing, courtesy of Cheryl Bentzen and Stephen Dressler. Find those back issues.... Samhain - Britain's longest running horror film magazine until it all went quiet a few years ago, Samhain was a leading source of authoritative comment. "Consistently worth slaughtering your Grandmother for!" raved Melody Maker... Fear - A UK magazine that blazed brightly in the late 1980's through the early 1990's. Packed with genre news and features, it never failed to satisfy and is great to go back and re-read cover to cover. Shock Xpress also disappeared suddenly one year in the early 90's amidst the bloodbath of other independent UK titles. Again back issues are a good read. Thanks to Ed Martinez, we've finally laid hands on a complete set of Coenobium, the excellent Hellraiser fanzine. Do yourself a favour - contact Ed at edwardamartinez@sbcglobal.net or at 1405 B Street, Hayward, CA 94541 - Ph (510) 886-6470 - and get yourself some copies too. Any Barker related information gratefully received, especially listings and/or full text, audio or video of articles and interviews we've not got listed on the Interviews page. All best wishes and happy hunting from Revelations ! mail us here...please!