Here is a list of terrible things, The jaws of sharks, a vultures wings The rabid bite of the dogs of war, The voice of one who went before, But most of all the mirror's gaze, Which counts us out our numbered days.

4 through 6 were publiClive Barkerd in the U. Barker said in a December 2008 online interview (publiClive Barkerd March 2009) that he had polyps in his throat which were so severe that a doctor told him he was taking in ten percent of the air he was supposed to have been getting. According to the Revelations website the collection includes "introductions to both his own work and the works of others newspaper and magazine articles tributes and appreciations and other contributions to books".

Barker came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a series of short stories which establiClive Barkerd him as a leading young horror writer. He has since written many novels and other works and his fiction has been adapted into motion pictures notably the Hellraiser and Candyman series.