Description:To a surgeon, cutting
into the human body is an art. Muscle and flesh are his canvas, the
scalpel his tool. He studies the composition of the organs -- their
balance and form -- the structure of the bones and network of blood
vessels. He makes his incision, cutting, slicing with loving care. —
Clive Barker is another type of surgeon. — He understands the human body
too. He knows how the nerves send impulses to a riveted brain. And he
knows how the hot blood surges through veins and arteries under a thin
membrane of skin.
And then gushes out...
Five stories of