18. According to the story "The Book of Blood", what is the Book of Blood?
From Quiz "Books of Blood" Vol. 1
Answer:
Words of the dead carved into human flesh
The story used to commence Clive Barker's short story collection, aptly titled "The Book of Blood", outlines the creation of the Book of Blood. This narration follows psychic investigators, searching a supposedly haunted house at Number 65 Tollington Place. For weeks, the walls of a second-floor room have been taking a beating as the dead have used it to communicate messages from beyond the grave, from famous people, such as John Lennon and Janis Joplin, to relative unknowns, etching their dates of birth and death into the wallpaper. Simon McNeal, a newcomer to the world of psychic abilities, has been spending time in the room during the writings while Mary Florescu and her assistant, Mr. Fuller, wait downstairs, listening intently as the sounds of the dead emanate from above. What they don't know, however, is that Simon is a phony. For weeks, he has spent time in this room, banging on the walls for about half an hour every day to mimic the dead. When Simon stops to rest, however, the trio soon realizes that the barrier separating the physical world from the highway of the dead is opening. While Mary and Fuller are downstairs, they hear as a vase in the forbidden room shatters, and Simon is cut with these shards. Slowly, the room around them lights up, and as Fuller begins to make his escape, he is killed when he opens the front door, unable to witness the panoramic view of the highway of the damned. His soul joins the millions making their way to the intersection that is 65 Tollington Place while his blistered corpse slides to the floor in the doorway. Mary remains in the living room, knowing that nothing can be done to save the boy upstairs. Though she knows that he faked his psychic abilities, she can't help but feel for him, being torn and sliced by the undead at all corners of his flesh. As quickly as it begun, the ordeal is over. Mary makes her way upstairs to find a naked Simon on the floor, cuts lining every millimeter of his body like Braille. Some of these are already healed, but some of these will take much longer. When they do, however, Mary vows to read them all with patience and care, so as to translate the words of the restless dead. These stories, carved in the flesh of the Book of Blood, are the stories in the volumes of Clive Barker's works. So begins, "The Book of Blood".
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