Fifth Dominion - Clive Barker Fans

[tzarinna]

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The Damnation Game
1985

"In the love nest in Pimlico, Yvonne asked the vacated line "Who is this?" for half an hour or more before letting the telephone drop. Then she went to sit down. The couch was damp: large, sticky stains were spreading on it from the place where she always sat. She assumed it was something to do with her, but she couldn't work out how or why. Nor could she explain the flies that congregated all over her, in her hair, in her clothes, whining away.
"Who is this?" she asked again. The question remained perfectly pertinent, though she was no longer speaking to the stranger on the phone. The rotting skin of her hands, the blood she left in the tub after bathing, the horrid look the mirror gave her- all inspired the same hypnotic inquiry: "Who is this?"

From The Damnation Game.
A very dark and haunting story. His first novel, it is more defined and focused than his short stories. This book lays the foundation for the treasures to follow.

[antipax]

I had the Portuguese translation of this book published by Europa-América, called "O Jogo da Maldição", really cheap paperbacks, but 10 years ago I lent these to a girl I was trying to get involved romantically with and when it all bombed she never did give those back and I never bothered to ask for them back.

I don't think they're hard to get, but I haven't much bothered with them since.