Unabridged on 4 Tapes
64kbps mp3
Read by Dillinger Steele
Contains four short stories:
In The Flesh
The Forbidden (The Forbidden provided the basis for the film Candyman)
The Madonna
Babel's Children
From Library Journal
Four novellas by horror writer Barker make up this slim but worthwhile collection. In one, a prison inmate is haunted by the spirit of his grandfather; in another, a young woman studying graffiti in a seedy housing project encounters a local legend in the flesh. This British writer's plots are extremely inventive and creative; like Peter Straub, he produces intellectual horror stories that are truly frightening. Only the final story, in which an American tourist stumbles across a strange asylum, with world-shaking results, is weak in comparison to the compelling eeriness and atmosphere of the others, yet still clever. Horror fans unacquainted with Barker's work will enjoy a new author; established fans will be enthusiastic.
Detroit News
With elegant, terrifying strokes, Barker draws a universe of fear underlying the commonplace....Behind every mirror, under every carpet and in the heart of dirty streets is an elemental evil, a raw and hungry power....This is good, scary, stuff...The pacing is inexorable, the settings chilling, and the fates remorseless. In the Flesh makes you wonder what horror lies around the corner.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Fiendishly good...unnerving, inspired...death, sex, fear, and self-knowledge come forth in many guises.
The New York Times Book Review
...plays upon our unconscious terrors...What a breath of fresh, if chilling, air.
11 Parts
1-3A
Replies
3B-4-5A
03B - The Forbidden.mp3
04 - The Forbidden.mp3
05A - The Forbidden.mp3
05B - The Madonna.mp3
07A - The Madonna.mp3
06 - The Madonna.mp3
7B-8
07B - Babel's Children.mp3
08 - Babel's Children.mp3