This is vital, visionary fiction by a modern master of the form. In 2017 it was published with title Infernal Parade. It proves once again that, in Barker’s hands, the Fantastique is not only alive and well, but flourishing. Novelette detailing the backstories of the characters of the series of six action figures of The Infernal Parade. Infernal Parade is quintessential Barker: witty, elegantly composed, filled with dark and often savage wonders. The result is a series of highly compressed, interrelated narratives that are memorable, disturbing, and impossible to set aside. CLIVE BARKERS INFERNAL PARADE and TORTURED SOULS action figures. Golems, vengeful humans both living and dead, and assorted impossible creatures parade across these pages. Tom becomes the leader of the eponymous “parade,” which ranges from the familiar precincts of North Dakota to the mythical city of Karantica.
It proves once again that, in Barker’s hands, the Fantastique is not only alive and well, but flourishing. It begins with the tale of a convicted criminal, Tom Requiem, who returns from the brink of death to restore both fear and a touch of awe to a complacent world. Infernal Parade is quintessential Barker: witty, elegantly composed, filled with dark and often savage wonders. Like the earlier Tortured Souls, an account of bizarre–and agonizing–transformations, Infernal Parade is tightly focused, intensely imagined, and utterly unlike anything else you will ever read. This astonishing novella, Infernal Parade, perfectly encapsulates Barker’s unique abilities.
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