Clive Barker is one of the biggest names in horror. When you look at his work, with all its body horror and strange sexuality, it’s easy to imagine a dark, sinister, fang-y creature behind the text. In person, he’s nothing like that at all. But that separation of author and artist is one of the most important secrets behind his work; how he makes the pages “bleed” for him. Let’s take a look into the surprisingly pleasant world of Clive Barker.