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License Notes
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents, including those based on the real world, are either products of the imagination of Kevin L. O'Brien or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Pinhead, the Cenobites, and the Lamarchand Box/Lament Configuration are the intellectual property of Clive Barker. All rights reserved. Used here without permission. This ebook is not intended for commercial use.
Because some ebook platforms do not support special characters, certain words may appear misspelled, but this was done deliberately to avoid the problem of the platforms deleting the characters. Also, the LRF platform used by older models of the Sony Reader does not permit the use of links to external URLs, whereas the PDB platform used by Palm reading devices does not support any form of linking whatsoever.
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Table of Contents
Preface
Youthful Indiscretion
Postface
About the Author
Other Books by Kevin L. O'Brien
Connect with Kevin L. O'Brien
Sample Excerpts
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Preface
This is the first of what I call "The Unpublishables"; stories that either use the intellectual property of other creators or are set in their fictional venues. I call them that because originally I did not intend to publish them, either traditionally or as self-published works. I have since changed my mind because these stories can be considered fan fiction, and I have recently read some information that has led me to believe that fan fiction in general may either be permissible under fair use at best, or at worst may not be as threatening as it was once perceived to be. I hasten to note, however, that until these issues are tackled by the courts, this remains conjecture, and I would warn anyone against taking my suppositions too seriously.
Even so, I will need to decide the publishability of each story on its own merits with its own unique justifications. For this story, I mean it as a homage to two of Clive Barker's works: a short story, "The Hellbound Heart", and a movie, Hellraiser, which he wrote and directed. Though certain elements have been altered to fit into the Sir Differel Van Helsing story universe, I have nonetheless tried to remain faithful to the concepts outlined in Mr. Barker's works, while steering clear of those used in the later movies of the Hellraiser franchise, with a few minor exceptions. My readers will have to judge how successful I am.
As I stated in the License Notes section above, I have used Mr. Barkers's intellectual property without his permission. I did contact him a year and a half ago to alert him that I had written this story, to give him the opportunity to ask me not to post or publish it, but he has not responded. I hope he will not be offended if he ever discovers it, but I am prepared to pull it if he requests it. In any event, my purpose is not to add to or alter the pseudomythology behind the Cenobites, but simply to use them in a "Monster of the Week" fashion to pit them against Sir Differel and the Caerleon Order. As such, while they play an important role, the story is not about them, but how Differel and her people deal with them.
Those of you who wish to read Mr. Barker's original short story, "The Hellbound Heart", may find it here [https://photo.goodreads.com/documents/1240860240books/52635.pdf].