As he continues working on them, he forsakes nearly everything else even when finishing one of the entwined conundrums leads to the death of a friend. Drawn to puzzles, Karney pocketed the knots and started working on them, becoming obsessed in the process. One night, while they nearly beat a homeless guy to death, he discovers a series of knots in the victim’s things that he just can’t get out of his head. The book opens with the title story, about a kid named Karney who hangs with a bunch of criminals. I was blown away by this book, initially thinking it wasn’t as dark as I assumed it would be and then realizing Barker saved the harshest story for last. I decided to start with the short story book The Inhuman Condition which was published in 1987. I’ve seen Hellraiser and Nigthbreed and maybe a few other adaptations of his work, but the sheet hopeless darkness of them just didn’t fit with what I wanted to see at the time.Īnd then a few of his books popped up on the free table at my local library and I figured it was time to embrace my fear and dive in. For a while, Cliver Barker’s work has fit into that category. I shy away from plenty of subjects and subgenres that make me uncomfortable. I might be a longtime horror fan, but that doesn’t mean I’m fearless when it comes to this stuff.
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