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All the Lonely People [Hardcover]

David B. Silva (Author)
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December 2003
David B. Silva, legendary author, editor and publisher, once again takes horror's main stage with his latest novel...

Chase Hanford owns and runs The Last Stop, a little bar with sawdust on the floor and pine paneling on the walls. It, like the jukebox next to the front door, didn’t get much play, but it had its regulars. Until one night, when a stranger appears with a peculiar rosewood box. A box that possesses a strange symbol: a circle within a circle inside a crescent. The stranger calls it a spirit box. Something Native Americans once used to trap the souls of their enemies within.

As the bar regulars become curious, the stranger opens the box. And unleashes a hell like no other.

Chase Hanford awakes from the aftermath, soon realizing bits and pieces of his life are being taken away. Fallen to mental lapses and witnessing strange occurences, he fights to save his life, his soul and his sanity...



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"All the Lonely People" takes traditional motifs of good and evil and expands these basic concepts into a thriller -- James Argendeli, CNN.com

Silva's unique talent to additionally give a Bradbury-esque nod to his characters infuse them with a clarity and sympathy -- Ron Clinton, RLK

Product Details

  • Hardcover
  • Publisher: Delirium Books; First Edition edition (December 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1929653573
  • ISBN-13: 978-1929653577
  • Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,309,411 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

David B. Silva has written seven novels, his most recent, All The Lonely People, a story about Chase Hanford, who owns a little bar at the edge of town, with a few regulars and not much else. Until a man shows up one day with a spirit box. When the contents of the box are released, Chase awakens with the realization that bits and pieces of his life are being stolen and he sets out to regain control of his very soul.

Silva's first short story was published in 1981. His short fiction has since appeared in The Year's Best Horror, The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror, and The Best American Mystery Stories. In 1991, he won a Bram Stoker Award for his short story, "The Calling." His first collection, Through Shattered Glass, was published by Gaunlet Press in 2001. In 2009, Dark Regions published his collection of eleven new stories and one reprint, In The Shadows of Kingston Mills.

He is probably best known as the editor of The Horror Show, which was published quarterly from 1982 to 1991. This small-press horror magazine won a World Fantasy Award in 1988 and went on to publish the first early works of some of today's most talented and influential horror authors, such as Bentley Little, Brian Hodge, and Poppy Z. Brite.

Silva co-edited (with Paul F. Olson) two anthologies published by St. Martins Press: Post Mortem and Dead End: City Limits. In addition, he edited The Definitive Best of The Horror Show, published by CD Publications in 1992.

In addition, from February 1997 until September 2002, and from late 2004 until the present, Silva served as co-editor (along with Paul F. Olson) of Hellnotes. Originally a weekly subscription newsletter dedicated to the horror professional and horror fan alike, Hellnotes is currently a free blog, updated several times a day with latest news in the horror genre.

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars A highly recommended tale of all-too-human ruthlessness, February 6, 2004
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All The Lonely People by David B. Silva is the horrific tale of a stranger who comes to an ordinary bar with a simple rosewood box, which was once used to trap spirits. The stranger opens the box... and everything starts to go to hell. Bizarre and terrible occurrences follow the bar's owner, who is subject to memory lapses and eroding sanity, until he finally learns the terrible truth of the box and must make a harrowing choice of life or death. In All The Lonely People, David Silva has carefully crafted, imaginatively gripping, authentically original, and very highly recommended tale of all-too-human ruthlessness.
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This book tried to be deep but missed by a mile. Result was depressing and boring. I wish I had the 65 minutes back.
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