Alternate Cover Edition of ISBN 9780425087398 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.
