Title: The Forbidden

Title: The Forbidden Title Record # 40651
Author: Clive Barker
Date: 1985-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Webpages: bloody-disgusting.com
Language: English

Note: Basis for the 1992 horror film Candyman.

Synopsis: A woman seeking material for her college thesis on "Graffiti: The Semiotics of Urban Despair" visits a housing project where tales of horrible murders lead her to strange art in abandoned apartments.

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Translations

Year	Title
1995	Candyman

Year	Language	Title
1987^ⓘTranslated by Celia Filipetto	Spanish	Lo prohibido
1988^ⓘ Translated by Peter Kobbe Translation also published as Tabu	German	Das Verbotene
1989^ⓘ Translated by Peter Kobbe Translation also published as Das Verbotene	German	Tabu
1991^ⓘTranslated by Jean-Daniel Brèque.	French	Lieux interdits
1992^ⓘTranslated by Sławomir Dymczyk.	Polish	Graffiti śmierci^?Graffiti smierci
2017^ⓘTranslated by Marta Lila Murillo	Spanish	Lo prohibido

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Win	1986 BFA	Best Short Fiction

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Fantasy Tales V7n14, Summer 1985	1985-06-00	ed. Stephen Jones, David A. Sutton	Stephen Jones		£0.90^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	64	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	fanzine	Jim Pitts
Clive Barker's Books of Blood, Volume V	1985-07-00	Clive Barker	Sphere	0-7221-1374-9	£1.50^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	149	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Books of Blood: Volume V	1986-06-00	Clive Barker	Weidenfeld & Nicolson	0-297-78817-5	£8.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	149	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Clive Barker
Clive Barker's Books of Blood, Vols. IV-VI	1986-06-00	Clive Barker	Weidenfeld & Nicolson	0-297-78819-1	£45.00^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	151+ 149+ 152	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Clive Barker
Sangre	1987-00-00	Clive Barker	Martínez Roca (Gran Super Terror)	84-270-1158-X		240	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Tim White
In the Flesh	1987-02-00	Clive Barker	Poseidon Press	0-671-62687-6	$12.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	221	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Fred Marcellino
In the Flesh	1987-06-00	Clive Barker	Poseidon Press / SFBC	10653	$4.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	187	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Fred Marcellino
Clive Barker's Books of Blood, Volume V	1988-00-00	Clive Barker	Scream/Press			159	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Das fünfte Buch des Blutes	1988-00-00	Clive Barker	Droemer Knaur	3-426-19257-8	DM 29.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	272	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Books of Blood, Vols. IV-VI	1988-01-00	Clive Barker	Weidenfeld & Nicolson	0-297-79258-X	£12.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	452	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
In the Flesh	1988-01-00	Clive Barker	Pocket Books	0-671-61270-0	$3.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	255	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Jim Warren
Clive Barker's Books of Blood, Vols. 4-6	1988-03-00	Clive Barker	Sphere	0-7474-0165-9	£4.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	466	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	Clive Barker
The Best Horror from Fantasy Tales	1988-10-00	ed. Stephen Jones, David Sutton	Robinson	0-948164-73-5	£11.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xx+ 264	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Chris Achilleos
Clive Barker's Books of Blood: Volume V	1989-00-00	Clive Barker	Sphere	0-7221-1374-9	£2.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	149	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Clive Barker
Das fünfte Buch des Blutes	1989-00-00	Clive Barker	Edition Phantasia	3-924959-33-1	DM 88.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	275	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Clive Barker's Books of Blood, Vols. 4-6	1990-00-00	Clive Barker	Sphere	0-7474-0165-9	£4.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	151+ 149+ 152	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	Clive Barker
The Best Horror from Fantasy Tales	1990-00-00	ed. Stephen Jones, David Sutton	Carroll & Graf	0-88184-571-X	$17.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xviii+ 264	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Tim White
In the Flesh	1991-00-00	Clive Barker	Pocket Books	0-671-74387-2	$6.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	255	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Jim Warren
Prison de chair	1991-05-00	Clive Barker	Albin Michel (Blême)	2-226-05389-1	F89.00^?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999	270	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Tanino Liberatore
Prison de chair	1991-06-00	Clive Barker	Le Grand Livre du Mois	2-226-05389-1	F89.00^?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999	270	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Tanino Liberatore
Clive Barker's Books of Blood: Volume V	1991-10-00	Clive Barker	Sphere	0-7221-1374-9	£3.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	214	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Clive Barker
Fenix, V3 #7, 1992	1992-00-00	ed. Rafał A. Ziemkiewicz^?Rafal A. Ziemkiewicz	Radwan				digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag
Sangre	1993-07-20	Clive Barker	Martínez Roca (Bolsillo)	84-270-1786-3		233	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Crisp , Romi Sanmartí
Clive Barker's Books of Blood: Volumes 4-6	1995-00-00	Clive Barker	Warner Books UK	0-7515-1225-7	£7.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	151+ 149+ 152	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	Clive Barker
Space Movies: Classic Science Fiction Films	1995-00-00	ed. Peter Haining	Severn House	0-7278-4790-2	£15.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	266	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Derek Colligan
Prison de chair	1995-11-00	Clive Barker	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Épouvante #4065)	2-277-24065-6		252	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Terry Oakes
Classic Science Fiction	1998-00-00	ed. Peter Haining	Pan Books	0-330-37417-6	£5.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	266	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
The Unexplained: Stories of the Paranormal	1998-04-00	ed. Ric Alexander	Orion	0-7528-1004-9	£17.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	433	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Unexplained: Stories of the Paranormal	1998-04-00	ed. Ric Alexander	Orion	0-7528-1005-7	£10.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	433	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
The Reel Stuff	1998-09-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Brian Thomsen	DAW Books	0-88677-817-4	$5.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	383	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Les Edwards
The Essential Clive Barker: Selected Fictions	1999-00-00	Clive Barker	HarperCollins (UK)	0-00-224725-9	£16.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xiv+ 576	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Unexplained: Stories of the Paranormal	1999-05-00	ed. Ric Alexander	Millennium / Orion	1-85798-553-2	£6.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	493	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
Prison de chair	1999-08-00	Clive Barker	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Ténèbres #4065)	2-290-04065-7		252	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Vintage Science Fiction	1999-08-00	ed. Peter Haining	Carroll & Graf	0-7867-0647-3	$13.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	viii+ 513	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Martha E. Sedgwick
The Essential Clive Barker: Selected Fictions	1999-12-00	Clive Barker	HarperCollins	0-06-019529-0	$27.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xxxix+ 568	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Johann Heinrich Fuseli
In the Flesh	2001-02-00	Clive Barker	Pocket Books	0-7434-1733-X	$12.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	192	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Clive Barker's Books of Blood	2001-12-00	Clive Barker	Stealth Press	1-58881-040-2	$39.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	viii+ 818	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Clive Barker
Clive Barker's Books of Blood	2001-12-00	Clive Barker	Stealth Press	1-58881-042-9		viii+ 818	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
Die Bücher des Blutes IV-VI	2003-07-00	Clive Barker	Area (Area Kultwerke des Horrors)	3-89996-024-6	€9.95^?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	797	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
The Best Horror from Fantasy Tales	2003-08-00	ed. Stephen Jones, David Sutton	Carroll & Graf	0-7867-1200-7	$12.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	x+ 268	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Brom
Prison de chair	2003-10-00	Clive Barker	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Fantastique #4065)	2-290-33650-5		252	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Eikasia
Cyberfilms	2004-03-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Brian Thomsen	ibooks	0-7434-8743-5	$12.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	ix+ 368	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Dave Seeley
The Reel Stuff	2008-06-03	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Brian Thomsen	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #1098)	978-0-7564-0522-9	$15.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	viii+ 456	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
Spook City	2009-09-00	ed. Angus MacKenzie	PS Publishing	978-1-84863-025-3	£25.00^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	293	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Adrian Henri
Spook City	2009-10-00	ed. Angus MacKenzie	PS Publishing	978-1-84863-026-0	£125.00^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	293	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Adrian Henri , Clive Barker
Livres de sang: l'intégrale. Tome 2	2009-11-20	Clive Barker	Bragelonne (L'ombre)	978-2-35294-346-4	€25.00^?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	576	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	Sarry Long
Spook City	2011-07-11	ed. Angus MacKenzie	PS Publishing	978-1-84863-179-3	£3.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	293	ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	Adrian Henri
Die Bücher des Blutes IV-VI	2016-08-00	Clive Barker	Nikol	978-3-86820-333-2	€9.99^?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	783	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Bastian Groscurth
Libros de sangre II: Volúmenes IV, V y VI	2017-09-06	Clive Barker	Valdemar (Gótica #108)	978-84-7702-866-6	€32.00^?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	640	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Santiago Caruso
In the Flesh	date unknown	Clive Barker	Pocket Books	0-671-70502-4	$4.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	255	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll

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