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Title: The Forbidden Title Record # 40651
Author: Clive Barker
Date: 1985-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Webpages: bloody-disgusting.com
Language: English
Note: Basis for the 1992 horror film Candyman.
Synopsis: A woman seeking material for her college thesis on "Graffiti: The Semiotics of Urban Despair" visits a housing project where tales of horrible murders lead her to strange art in abandoned apartments.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1995 Candyman
Year Language Title
1987Translated by Celia Filipetto
Spanish Lo prohibido
1988 Translated by Peter Kobbe Translation also published as Tabu
German Das Verbotene
1989 Translated by Peter Kobbe Translation also published as Das Verbotene
German Tabu
1991Translated by Jean-Daniel Brèque.
French Lieux interdits
1992Translated by Sławomir Dymczyk.
Polish
Graffiti śmierci?Graffiti smierci
2017Translated by Marta Lila Murillo
Spanish Lo prohibido

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
Win 1986 BFA Best Short Fiction

Publications

Displaying all variants and translations • Do not display translationsDo not display variants or translations

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Fantasy Tales V7n14, Summer 1985 1985-06-00 ed. Stephen Jones, David A. Sutton Stephen Jones  
£0.90?£: UK pound
64
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
fanzine Jim Pitts Checkmark
Clive Barker's Books of Blood, Volume V 1985-07-00 Clive Barker Sphere 0-7221-1374-9
£1.50?£: UK pound
149
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Checkmark
Clive Barker's Books of Blood, Vols. IV-VI 1986-06-00 Clive Barker Weidenfeld & Nicolson 0-297-78819-1
£45.00?£: UK pound
151+
149+
152
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Clive Barker  
Sangre 1987-00-00 Clive Barker Martínez Roca (Gran Super Terror) 84-270-1158-X   240
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Tim White  
In the Flesh 1987-02-00 Clive Barker Poseidon Press 0-671-62687-6
$12.95?$: US dollar
221
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Fred Marcellino Checkmark
In the Flesh 1987-06-00 Clive Barker Poseidon Press / SFBC 10653
$4.98?$: US dollar
187
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Fred Marcellino Checkmark
Clive Barker's Books of Blood, Volume V 1988-00-00 Clive Barker Scream/Press     159
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Das fünfte Buch des Blutes 1988-00-00 Clive Barker Droemer Knaur 3-426-19257-8
DM 29.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
272
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
In the Flesh 1988-01-00 Clive Barker Pocket Books 0-671-61270-0
$3.95?$: US dollar
255
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Jim Warren Checkmark
Books of Blood, Vols. IV-VI 1988-01-00 Clive Barker Weidenfeld & Nicolson 0-297-79258-X
£12.95?£: UK pound
452
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
Clive Barker's Books of Blood, Vols. 4-6 1988-03-00 Clive Barker Sphere 0-7474-0165-9
£4.99?£: UK pound
466
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
omni Clive Barker  
The Best Horror from Fantasy Tales 1988-10-00 ed. Stephen Jones, David Sutton Robinson 0-948164-73-5
£11.95?£: UK pound
xx+
264
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Chris Achilleos  
Clive Barker's Books of Blood: Volume V 1989-00-00 Clive Barker Sphere 0-7221-1374-9
£2.99?£: UK pound
149
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Clive Barker Checkmark
Das fünfte Buch des Blutes 1989-00-00 Clive Barker Edition Phantasia 3-924959-33-1
DM 88.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
275
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Best Horror from Fantasy Tales 1990-00-00 ed. Stephen Jones, David Sutton Carroll & Graf 0-88184-571-X
$17.95?$: US dollar
xviii+
264
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Tim White Checkmark
Clive Barker's Books of Blood, Vols. 4-6 1990-00-00 Clive Barker Sphere 0-7474-0165-9
£4.99?£: UK pound
151+
149+
152
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
omni Clive Barker Checkmark
In the Flesh 1991-00-00 Clive Barker Pocket Books 0-671-74387-2
$6.99?$: US dollar
255
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Jim Warren  
Prison de chair 1991-05-00 Clive Barker Albin Michel (Blême) 2-226-05389-1
F89.00?F: French frank
270
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Tanino Liberatore  
Prison de chair 1991-06-00 Clive Barker Le Grand Livre du Mois 2-226-05389-1
F89.00?F: French frank
270
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Tanino Liberatore  
Clive Barker's Books of Blood: Volume V 1991-10-00 Clive Barker Sphere 0-7221-1374-9
£3.99?£: UK pound
214
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Clive Barker  
Fenix, V3 #7, 1992 1992-00-00 ed.
Rafał A. Ziemkiewicz?Rafal A. Ziemkiewicz
Radwan      
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag  
Sangre 1993-07-20 Clive Barker Martínez Roca (Bolsillo) 84-270-1786-3   233
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Crisp , Romi Sanmartí  
Clive Barker's Books of Blood: Volumes 4-6 1995-00-00 Clive Barker Warner Books UK 0-7515-1225-7
£7.99?£: UK pound
151+
149+
152
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
omni Clive Barker Checkmark
Space Movies: Classic Science Fiction Films 1995-00-00 ed. Peter Haining Severn House 0-7278-4790-2
£15.99?£: UK pound
266
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Derek Colligan Checkmark
Prison de chair 1995-11-00 Clive Barker J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Épouvante #4065) 2-277-24065-6   252
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Terry Oakes  
Classic Science Fiction 1998-00-00 ed. Peter Haining Pan Books 0-330-37417-6
£5.99?£: UK pound
266
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Checkmark
The Unexplained: Stories of the Paranormal 1998-04-00 ed. Ric Alexander Orion 0-7528-1004-9
£17.99?£: UK pound
433
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Unexplained: Stories of the Paranormal 1998-04-00 ed. Ric Alexander Orion 0-7528-1005-7
£10.99?£: UK pound
433
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth  
The Reel Stuff 1998-09-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Brian Thomsen DAW Books 0-88677-817-4
$5.99?$: US dollar
383
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Les Edwards Checkmark
The Essential Clive Barker: Selected Fictions 1999-00-00 Clive Barker HarperCollins (UK) 0-00-224725-9
£16.99?£: UK pound
xiv+
576
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Unexplained: Stories of the Paranormal 1999-05-00 ed. Ric Alexander Millennium / Orion 1-85798-553-2
£6.99?£: UK pound
493
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth  
Vintage Science Fiction 1999-08-00 ed. Peter Haining Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0647-3
$13.95?$: US dollar
viii+
513
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Martha E. Sedgwick Checkmark
Prison de chair 1999-08-00 Clive Barker J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Ténèbres #4065) 2-290-04065-7   252
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll  
The Essential Clive Barker: Selected Fictions 1999-12-00 Clive Barker HarperCollins 0-06-019529-0
$27.50?$: US dollar
xxxix+
568
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Johann Heinrich Fuseli  
In the Flesh 2001-02-00 Clive Barker Pocket Books 0-7434-1733-X
$12.95?$: US dollar
192
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
Clive Barker's Books of Blood 2001-12-00 Clive Barker Stealth Press 1-58881-040-2
$39.95?$: US dollar
viii+
818
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Clive Barker  
Clive Barker's Books of Blood 2001-12-00 Clive Barker Stealth Press 1-58881-042-9   viii+
818
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
Die Bücher des Blutes IV-VI 2003-07-00 Clive Barker Area (Area Kultwerke des Horrors) 3-89996-024-6
€9.95?€: Euro
797
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Checkmark
The Best Horror from Fantasy Tales 2003-08-00 ed. Stephen Jones, David Sutton Carroll & Graf 0-7867-1200-7
$12.00?$: US dollar
x+
268
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Brom  
Prison de chair 2003-10-00 Clive Barker J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Fantastique #4065) 2-290-33650-5   252
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Eikasia  
Cyberfilms 2004-03-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Brian Thomsen ibooks 0-7434-8743-5
$12.95?$: US dollar
ix+
368
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Dave Seeley Checkmark
The Reel Stuff 2008-06-03 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Brian Thomsen DAW Books (DAW Collectors #1098) 978-0-7564-0522-9
$15.00?$: US dollar
viii+
456
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth  
Spook City 2009-09-00 ed. Angus MacKenzie PS Publishing 978-1-84863-025-3
£25.00?£: UK pound
293
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Adrian Henri  
Spook City 2009-10-00 ed. Angus MacKenzie PS Publishing 978-1-84863-026-0
£125.00?£: UK pound
293
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Adrian Henri , Clive Barker  
Livres de sang: l'intégrale. Tome 2 2009-11-20 Clive Barker Bragelonne (L'ombre) 978-2-35294-346-4
€25.00?€: Euro
576
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
omni Sarry Long  
Spook City 2011-07-11 ed. Angus MacKenzie PS Publishing 978-1-84863-179-3
£3.99?£: UK pound
293
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Adrian Henri  
Die Bücher des Blutes IV-VI 2016-08-00 Clive Barker Nikol 978-3-86820-333-2
€9.99?€: Euro
783
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Bastian Groscurth  
Libros de sangre II: Volúmenes IV, V y VI 2017-09-06 Clive Barker Valdemar (Gótica #108) 978-84-7702-866-6
€32.00?€: Euro
640
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Santiago Caruso  
In the Flesh date unknown Clive Barker Pocket Books 0-671-70502-4
$4.50?$: US dollar
255
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll  
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