Books of Bloodis a series of sixhorror fictionanthologiescollecting original stories written by Britishauthor,playwright, andfilmmakerClive Barkerin 1984 and 1985. Known primarily for writing stage plays beforehand, Barker gained a wider audience andfanbasethrough this anthology series, leading to a successful career as anovelist. Originally presented as sixvolumes, the anthologies were subsequentlyre-publishedin twoomnibus editionscontaining three volumes each. Each volume contains four, five or six stories. The Volume 1–3 omnibus contained aforewordby Barker's fellowLiverpudlianhorror writerRamsey Campbell. AuthorStephen KingpraisedBooks of Blood, leading to a quote from him appearing on thefirst US editionof the book: "I have seen the future of horror and his name is Clive Barker."