Barker was looking for an outlet willing to publish his short stories, and showed Campbell the manuscript for what would later become his breakout collection, The Books of Blood. In the early 1980s, he met a young writer and fellow Liverpool resident named Clive Barker. In later years, he softened his stance, both on Lovecraft’s writing and on turning out additional Lovecraft pastiches, but Campbell’s work was always determinedly his own from that point onward, whether he was writing about ancient beings from other dimensions or all-too-human serial killers.Ĭampbell was also a tireless advocate of other writers. Yet over a career spanning more than 50 years, Campbell has developed and refined his own voice, to the extent that today there are entire anthologies written as tributes by authors who have been inspired by Campbell’s work, just as Campbell was once published (and sometimes still is) in anthologies that are tributes to Lovecraft.Īfter an early career in Lovecraft pastiches, Campbell set out to develop his own distinct style, even going so far as to condemn the late writer’s work.
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