5/30/2023 0 Comments Weaveworld book review![]() When I graduated from my MFA in Writing Popular Fiction program at Seton Hill University, an old friend sent me a signed copy to celebrate my achievement. It still speaks to me today for those same reasons. A hidden world of magical people who have to hide to keep themselves safe because of their differences spoke volumes to me as a teenager of mixed ethnicity growing up in rural Pennsylvania. ![]() Clive Barker is best known for his horror fiction, and while there are horrific scenes in Weaveworld, this novel is more in tune with portal fantasy. I used to listen to that book over and over, and it deepened my understanding of how scary stories should be told. ![]() I think I still have the cassettes somewhere. At the time, a friend of mine volunteered at our local library and wanted to impress me, so he snagged an audio copy of The Damnation Game. ![]() I think it was the third Clive Barker book I read, with The Damnation Game being the first. I first read Weaveworld in high school in 1988. ![]()
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