Disappeared BCA Edition [Import] [Hardcover]

David B Silva (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Headline Book Publishing (July 13, 1995)
• ISBN-10: 0747225109
• ISBN-13: 978-0747225102
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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.

Customer Reviews

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3.0 out of 5 stars Adequate medical mystery-conspiracy thriller, June 20, 2003

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This review is from: The Disappeared (Hardcover)

Teri Knight is spending her evening home alone watching television when she answers a knock on the door.Standing before her is a young woman and Teri's 11 year old son Gabriel.Gabriel disappeared some 10 years earlier ,aged 11 and now he is brought back into her life looking exactly as he did at the time of the disappearance.Later that night Teri and Gabriel are forced to flee when heavily armed men arrive at her door and try to abduct the pair.They seek the help of Walter Travis ,an ex cop now a private eye specialising in tracing missing children.
They investigate and discover a government covert research plan to prevent ageing lies at the root of the mystery.
Good characterisation and well described action scenes keep the momentum up and the book , while covering no new ground,is diverting and will appeal to readers whose taste runs to the likes of Robin Cook.
Good solid reading .