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Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament

Clive Barker

First published 1984
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

"After attempting suicide [Jacqueline] discovers a power within herself, one strong enough to turn a man inside out with just a thought. Her quest to learn how to control such a thing leads her down a pathway of pain and control." -- thisishorror.co.uk

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1985 World Fantasy Award Best Novella Nominee/Finalist

Publications (38)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1984 The Books of Blood Volumes I & II Sphere Omnibus |205
November 1984 Clive Barker's Books of Blood: Volume II Sphere Collection 58
1985 Books of Blood, Volume II Weidenfeld & Nicolson Collection |3
1985 Clive Barker's Books of Blood, Vols. I-III Weidenfeld & Nicolson Omnibus
October 1985 Clive Barker's Books of Blood Scream/Press Collection 205
November 1985 Books of Blood I - III Scream/Press Collection 205
April 1986 Clive Barker's Books of Blood: Volume II Sphere Collection
August 1986 Clive Barker's Books of Blood: Volume II Berkley Books Collection 75
October 1987 Books of Blood: Volumes I, II & III Weidenfeld & Nicolson Omnibus 205
1988 Clive Barker's Books of Blood: Volumes I-3 Warner Books UK Omnibus |205
1988 Clive Barker's Books of Blood: Volume II Sphere Collection 58
March 1988 Clive Barker's Books of Blood, Vols. I-3 Sphere Omnibus 205
May 1988 The Books of Blood Ace/Putnam Collection 214
1989 Clive Barker's Books of Blood: Volume II Sphere Collection 58
1991 Clive Barker's Books of Blood: Volume II Sphere Collection 83
May 1991 I Shudder at Your Touch Roc / New American Library Anthology 335
August 1991 Clive Barker's Books of Blood: Volume II Berkley Books Collection
October 1991 The Books of Blood Dorset Press Collection 214
November 1991 I Shudder at Your Touch Roc / New American Library / SFBC Anthology 308
November 1991 I Shudder at Your Touch Roc UK Anthology
January 1992 I Shudder at Your Touch Severn House Anthology 335
June 1992 I Shudder at Your Touch Roc / New American Library Anthology 359
October 1992 Clive Barker's Books of Blood: Volume II Berkley Books Collection
1993 Clive Barker's Books of Blood, Vols. I-III TSP Omnibus |205
December 1993 I Shudder at Your Touch Roc / New American Library Anthology 359
1994 Clive Barker's Books of Blood: Volumes I-3 Warner Books UK Omnibus |205
October 1994 I Shudder at Your Touch Roc UK Anthology
October 1996 Clive Barker's Books of Blood: Volume II Berkley Books Collection
October 1998 Clive Barker's Books of Blood: Volumes One to Three Berkley Books Omnibus |205
1999 The Essential Clive Barker: Selected Fictions HarperCollins (UK) Collection
October 1999 Clive Barker Omnibus: Books of Blood: Volumes 1-3 Little, Brown Omnibus |205
December 1999 The Essential Clive Barker: Selected Fictions HarperCollins Collection 386
December 2001 Clive Barker's Books of Blood Stealth Press Omnibus 189
December 2001 Clive Barker's Books of Blood Stealth Press Omnibus 189
March 2010 Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror Tachyon Publications Anthology 23
December 2010 Clive Barker's Books of Blood: Volumes 1-3 Hachette Digital Omnibus |205
July 2017 Behold! Oddities, Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders Crystal Lake Publishing Anthology |5
July 2017 Behold! Oddities, Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders Crystal Lake Publishing Anthology |5