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David B Silva


USA flag (1950 - 2013)

David B. Silvas first short story was published in 1981. His short fiction appeared in The Years Best Horror, The Years 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 Gauntlet Press in 2001.

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 todays most talented and influential horror authors, such as Bentley Little, Brian Hodge, and Poppy Z Brite.
 

Genres: Horror
 
Series
Family (with Kevin McCarthy)
   1. Special Effects (2001)
   2. Into the Darkness (2002)
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Novels
   Child of Darkness (1986)
   Come Thirteen (1988)
   These Dreams That Sleep Disturbs (1992)
   The Presence (1994)
   The Disappeared (1995)
   The Night in Fog (1998)
   All the Lonely People (2003)
   The Many (2010)
   Walk the Sky (2013) (with Robert Swartwood)
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Collections
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Alone of His Kind (2010)
   Brothers (2010)
   The Calling (2010)
   Dry Whiskey (2010)
   Dwindling (2010)
   Ice Sculptures (2010)
   Slipping (2010)
   A Time To Every Purpose (2010)
   Because I Could (2011)
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Anthologies edited
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Series contributed to
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David B Silva recommends
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Clickers (2000)
(Clickers, book 1)
J F Gonzalez and Mark Williams
"Clickers is a wild ride through horror B-movie territory. A fun read you won't want to put down."

Anthologies containing stories by David B Silva
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The Best of Cemetery Dance, Volume 2 (2020)
(Best of Cemetery Dance, book 2)
edited by
Richard Chizmar
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Lost on the Darkside (2005)
Voices From The Edge of Horror
edited by
John Pelan
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The Horror Hall of Fame (2004)
The Stoker Winners
edited by
Joe R Lansdale

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Awards
Bram Stoker Best Short Story winner (1991) : The Calling


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