THE FIRST HORROR COLLECTION
FROM FEMALE CENOBITE AND AUTHOR BARBIE WILDE
“Damaged people, ultraviolence, murder and explicit sex—what’s not to love about her work?” - “Bad Barbie” Featurette, Fangoria(America’s #1 Horror Magazine)
GET READY to enter the mind of Barbie Wilde, whose dark and disturbing interior world teems with the voices of... rebellious female demons, devilish witches, semen-hungry neo-vampires, raging gods and home invaders, the fiends of sleep paralysis, pint-sized store-front preachers with a whiff of sulfur, body horrors of the most grotesque kind, clandestine aliens and Zulu zombies just for starters!
These truly are the Voices of the Damned: eleven (11) short horror stories from actress Barbie Wilde (Hellbound: Hellraiser II, Death Wish 3) and dark crime-horror novelist "The Venus Complex."Fangoria dubbed Miss Wilde as “one of the finest purveyors of erotically charged horror fiction around.”
Each story is accompanied by seductive, haunting, full color artworks and illustrations created by some of the most imaginative artists in the genre: Clive Barker, Nick Percival, Steve McGinnis, Daniele Serra, Eric Gross, Tara Bush, Vincent Sammy and Ben Baldwin.
BIRMINGHAM, UK, January 7th, 2016
Short, Scary Tales Publications (SST Publications) owner, Paul Fry is delighted to announce the new publication of actress and author Barbie Wilde’s VOICES OF THE DAMNED. The book is the first collection of eleven deliciously dark and transgressive horror stories from Barbie... two of which are brand new to this collection. All the stories are accompanied by stunning artwork and illustrations from some of the most talented, award-winning artists working today. The book has spectacular cover art by the legendary Clive Barker and contains full color artwork & illustrations by Clive Barker, Nick Percival, Steve McGinnis, Eric Gross, Daniele Serra, Tara Bush, Vincent Sammy and Ben Baldwin. The book has already been published in an oversized 7 x 10 inch full color hardcover format, and in all eBook formats; with an oversized 7 x 10 inch full color trade paperback to follow later.
The "Foreword" to VOICES OF THE DAMNED was written by the former FANGORIA Editor-in-Chief and filmmaker Chris Alexander and the "Afterword" was penned by AMERICAN MARY writers and directors, the Soska Sisters.
The hardcover and deluxe premium print edition can be
pre-ordered now direct from the publisher’s web sitehere
SST Publisher Paul Fry says:“I’m really excited to be publishing Barbie Wilde’s first collection. The book really is a work of art, from Barbie’s incredible stories, which are beautifully written and laced with wickedly erotic content, to the extraordinary full color artwork and illustrations.
The 7 x 10 inch oversized format really displays the full color artwork to its very best. The artists that have very kindly agreed to work on this book really add that special touch to an already fantastic collection of short stories. I’m really honored to be able to publish everyone involved, especially Barbie, as she has her very own visceral style and unique talent for sick and twisted storytelling.”
About the Author: Barbie Wilde is best known for playing the Female Cenobite in Clive Barker’s classic British cult horror movie: HELLBOUND: HELLRAISER II. Before moving to the UK, Wilde attended Syracuse University in New York State, majoring in Drama and Anthropology. She continued her education in London, studying Drama, Classical Mime and Art History, before joining Britain’s largest classical mime troupe, SILENTS.
Miss Wilde has performed in cabaret in Bangkok, Thailand; robotically danced in the Indian blockbuster, JANBAAZ; was a vicious thug in Michael Winner’s DEATH WISH 3; and played a drummer in the so-called “Holy Grail of unfinished and unreleased 1980’s horror:” GRIZZLY II: THE CONCERT, which also featured then unknowns George Clooney, Laura Dern and Charlie Sheen.
In the early 1980s, Barbie Wilde danced professionally at the top nightclubs and rock venues of New York, London and Amsterdam with her group called SHOCK. They released two singles on RCA Records and supported such artists as Gary Numan, Ultravox, Depeche Mode and Adam and the Ants.
Wilde wrote and presented eight music and film review TV programs in the 1980s and 1990s, interviewing such pop personalities as Iggy Pop, The Sisters of Mercy, The B-52s and Johnny Rotten, as well as actors Nicolas Cage and Hugh Grant. Wilde was also a Casting Director for the BBC’s THE BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA and for MTV’s THE REAL WORLD: LONDON.
From 2009-2015, Miss Wilde contributed short stories to 14 horror or crime anthologies and publications and in 2012, Comet Press published Wilde’s debut serial killer novel, THE VENUS COMPLEX.
NEWS UPDATE! There were two editions of Voices of the Damned published on Halloween 2015: a full color standard print hardback and a full color premium print deluxe hardback.
Publishers Weekly Starred Review
“In this impressive collection of short stories, actor Wilde (who played the Female Cenobite in the film classic Hellbound: Hellraiser II) reveals a world of beautiful fear. The most delightfully terrifying entries form the Cilicium Trilogy, which reveals the complex origin and destiny of Sister Cilice. This character-focused exploration is sensual in its brutality. In “Writer's Block,” Wilde combines the psychological torture of an unknown artist with the erotic egotism of fandom to create a fascinating sexual horror.
She creates a dreadful family legacy in “Botophobia,” in which there are not merely skeletons in the closet but unworldly powers hidden in the basement. Wilde's mastery of shocking violence is given full rein in subjects ranging from reclusive self-imprisonment to the exploration of European nightmares. As much a chilling collection of frightful fiction as a delight for the darker senses, this is a satisfying triumph in a befitting, unforgiving, style. (Oct.)”
REVIEW EXTRACTS
“Voices of the Damned is raw, twisted, horrifying and seductive. Barbie Wilde takes no prisoners & she does not disappoint!” -Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Dead of Night and Ghostwalkers
“This collection of eleven short stories confirms Wilde as a foremost author of erotic horror fiction” - Jon Towlson, Starburst magazine and author of Subversive Horror Cinema: Countercultural Messages of Films from Frankenstein to the Present
“...her work is so uncanny and fearless, it is a must have for any horror aficionado.”-The Soska Sisters (Dead Hooker in a Trunk, American Mary, See No Evil 2, Vendetta)
“Raised from the dead, this phantasmagoria of tales offers well-written mini-nightmares that will traumatize, titillate, and stick in your mind long after you’ve closed the book.”
- Filmmaker Izzy Lee, Fangoria Online
“If testosterone jumping erotica combined with heart racing fear is your bag of horror then this is just what you’re looking for…” - Scream Horror Magazine UK
About the Publisher: SST Publications is an independent publisher of all things dark. They have published several books; the first title, COLD STORAGE, includes an introduction by legendary author Graham Masterton. Their most recent books include the erotic horror anthology PEEP SHOW, VOLUME 2 and the debut dark, thriller novel DON’T STAND SO CLOSE by screenwriter/director Eric Red.
SST published the classic erotic horror magazine PEEP SHOW, and have recently launched a new horror fiction & dark art magazine BEWARE THE DARK, which is a unique size (7.44 x 9.69 in), full-color, high-quality produced mag of between 100-130 pages bringing you the best dark and disturbing fiction and artwork.
SST has also launched a new Art Book Series and will publish some of the best artists in the genre. The first title VEINS AND SKULLS is by award-winning professional illustrator Daniele Serra. SST owner Paul Fry has recently acquired the exclusive comic/graphic novel rights to Joe R. Lansdale’s entire ‘Hap and Leonard’ series of dark crime books, Richard Laymon’s classic horror novel THE CELLAR, and has signed a three-book deal with Cemetery Dance Publications owner Richard Chizmar, and a five-book deal with legendary author Ed Gorman. SST publishes their titles in multiple formats which are distributed worldwide by Ingram, the world’s largest book distributor.
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