Monsters Blog # 11

I enjoyed the tone and feel of this story much more than some of the others we've read by Clive Barker.  In fact, this story reminded me a lot of The Shadow, by Hans Christian Anderson.  I wonder if Barker had read it himself before writing this tale.  In some ways, I think The Shadow is darker than Human Remains, since the doppelganger steals the man's life in a far more sinister way, where as here, the creature is almost given permission by Gavin.

The Shadow is one of my...