Hellbound Hearts

This terrifying original fiction anthology is based on the critically acclaimed novella The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker, which has inspired the original "Hellraiser" movie and horror franchise. Contents xiii • Foreword (Hellbound Hearts) • (2009) • essay by Clive Barker xvii • Introduction: Raising Hell, Again • (2008) • essay by Stephen Jones 1 • Prisoners of the Inferno • shortfiction by Peter Atkins 15 • The Cold • shortfiction by Conrad Williams 31 • The Confessor's Tale • shortfiction by Sarah Pinborough 45 • Hellbound Hollywood • shortfiction by Mick Garris 60 • Mechanisms • shortfiction by Christopher Golden and Mike Mignola 85 • Every Wrong Turn • shortfiction by Tim Lebbon 99 • The Collector • shortfiction by Kelley Armstrong 108 • Bulimia • shortfiction by Richard Christian Matheson 110 • Orfeo the Damned • shortfiction by Nancy Holder 127 • Out Lord of Quarters • shortfiction by Simon Clark 143 • Wordsworth [graphic short story] • shortfiction by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean 158 • A Little Piece of Hell • shortfiction by Steve Niles 172 • The Dark Materials Project • shortfiction by Sarah Langan 185 • Demon's Design • shortfiction by Nicholas Vince 197 • Only the Blind Survive • shortfiction by Yvonne Nacarro 212 • Mother's Ruin • shortfiction by Mark Morris 229 • Sister Cilice • shortfiction by Barbie Wilde 239 • Santos del Infierno • shortfiction by Jeff Mariotte [as by Jeffrey J. Mariotte ] 255 • The Promise • shortfiction by Nancy Kilpatrick 268 • However. . . • shortfiction by Gary A. Braunbeck and Lucy A. Snyder 281 • 'Tis Pity He's Ahore • shortfiction by Chaz Brenchley 297 • Afterword (Hellbound Hearts) • (2009) • essay by Doug Bradley