As I mentioned in part one, I began writing Alexander’s Song in good spirits, with high hopes. In those early days I dared to think some fairly audacious thoughts: that this book could be a breakthrough book of sorts, big enough, different…
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Singing Alexander’s Song: Part Two
On September 30, 2022, Cemetery Dance Publications will release a brand new edition of my dark suspense novel, Alexander’s Song, in e-book and, for the first time ever, in trade paperback. In preparation, I’m writing a three-part blog post about…
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Singing Alexander’s Song: Part 1
On September 30, 2022, Cemetery Dance Publications will release a brand new edition of my dark suspense novel, Alexander’s Song, in e-book and, for the first time ever, in trade paperback. In preparation, I’m writing a three-part blog post about…
Whispered Echoes Now Available in Audio
For the first time ever, my short story collection Whispered Echoes is now available as an audiobook. Read by the incomparable Scott MacDonald, it features all of the stories included in the Cemetery Dance limited edition hardcover and Crystal Lake…
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Remembering Horrorstruck
It’s been thirty years since I published Horrorstruck: The World of Dark Fantasy, but scarcely a month goes by that I don’t hear from someone about the magazine — questions, comments, reminiscences. Because of this interest (and my own nostalgia),…
Bloodybones nominated
A little more than twenty-four hours ago, I learned that my novella “Bloodybones,” from the Whispered Echoes collection, has been nominated for a 2017 World Fantasy Award in the Best Long Fiction category. To say that I am delighted, grateful, surprised,…
A New Interview
Here is an interview I did with Joe Mynhardt of Crystal Lake Publishing shortly before they released the paperback and e-book of my Whispered Echoes short story collection. We talk about the book, of course, but many other things too. Like…
Free Short Story
On March 13, 2013, David B. Silva died at the age of 62. To commemorate the fourth anniversary of his death, I’m posting my short story “When the Heart Sings” here on my website. The story originally appeared in the anthology Better…
Diving into Crystal Lake
I’m excited to announce that I have officially joined the family at Crystal Lake Publishing. While a firm date has not been finalized, the i’s have been dotted and the t’s have been crossed on an agreement to release Whispered Echoes…
Ten Years On
It’s almost impossible to comprehend the fact that ten years have gone by since the death of Charles L. Grant. There has not been a single day of that entire decade that I haven’t thought about Charlie in some way.…
