Untreed Reads has released “Because I Could,” a short story from their Spectres horror line, written by David B. Silva.

Description: Lee and his Grampa Myles share a rare and deadly secret. Most of the time, they’re able to control it. But once, when Grampa was younger, it got away from him. Ever since that day, something has been eating at his insides. Now, Lee faces his own deadly moment. Will he be able to resist the temptation?

Readers can catch an excerpt here: Because I Could Excerpt

And they can purchase a copy directly from Untreed Reads, in a variety of ebook formats here: Because I Could

Until the most dreaded day of the year, April 15th, Tax Day, David B. Silva will be making The Many available for free on his website. You can access the novel (broken down by chapters) under the Pages section on the top left-hand corner of the web site, or you can get started reading simply by going to: The Many.

The Many was first published as a Leisure paperback under the name Child of Darkness. It was a title that Silva never particularly cared for, because it sounded hokey and was a bit misleading. So when Delirium wanted to do a special, signed limited edition I renamed the book, The Many.

Description: Something’s wrong with eleven-year-old Justin Reed. His fourteen-year-old brother, Kiel, has begun to notice the changes. Sometimes Justin doesn’t seem like himself. Sometimes he refers to someone called the pretender. Other times he refers to other kids, kids Kiel has never met.

And now he’s starting to do things.

Dangerous things.

“This is the original version,” says Silva. “It hasn’t been rewritten to reflect my current style. I’m a firm believer that a writer leaves a history in his wake and it doesn’t do justice to the work or the writer to go back and manipulate that history.”

For those who prefer, an ebook edition can be downloaded here (please note the modest price):

• The Many on The Kindle – $2.99
• The Many on The Nook – $2.99

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Dark Regions Press has announced their latest imprint, Dark Thriller, beginning with the previously published only in England novel, The Disappeared by David B. Silva. The book is now available to pre-order.

Description: Ten years ago: Gabriel Knight, age 11, takes a bike ride to the park and becomes one of the … disappeared.

When Teri Knight answers a knock at the front door, she discovers her son Gabriel standing in the doorway. Only it can’t be her son. Gabe took a bike ride to the park ten years ago, at age 11, and became one of the disappeared. He would be 21 now and this boy … this boy is the same age as Gabe was when he went missing. Except for the color of his eyes, he looks exactly like her son. He’s wearing the same clothes her son wore the day he disappeared. He even refers to her as Mom.

If he is Gabe, how is that possible?

Why hasn’t he aged?

Where has he been for ten years?

And why is he so weak and in apparent ill health?

Teri is struggling with each of these questions and barely getting to know this boy who has arrived so unexpectedly, miraculously at her door, when a team of armed men arrive at the house in search of the boy.

For Gabe and Teri the clock is now ticking – and time is running out.

Who are these men?

What do they want?

Is this boy really Teri’s lost son, Gabe?

A dark thriller with a highly unusual and inventive twist.

The book trailer:

You can order directly from the publisher here: The Disappeared

David B. Silva’s first novel, The Many, is now available on the Kindle.

Description: Justin Reed spent the formative years of his young life in a quiet little farming community in Northern California. It wasn’t the idyllic childhood it should have been. Instead, it was a time of unending torment at the hands of his father.

Now, he’s finally free and living (along with his brother Kiel) with his aunt and uncle. It’s a new chapter in his life.

The torment is behind him, though the scars still run deep. Even deeper than Justin’s new family can imagine. It should be a time of healing, but can such unfathomable psychological damage ever be undone?

Maybe The Many will help?

“I don’t remember the original title,” says Silva. “but Leisure wasn’t happy with it, so they changed the title to Child of Darkness. I wasn’t terribly thrilled with that one, but that’s the way it went out into the world. Eventually, Delirium did a special, signed limited edition and I renamed the book to The Many.

Now, I’ve added The Many to the Kindle.

You can pick up a Kindle copy here: The Many

Cemetery Dance #64, The Bentley Little Special Issue, is now shipping. The issue features two brand new short stories by Little, an in-depth interview conducted by legendary The Horror Show editor and wonderful writer, David Silva, as well as Little-related non-fiction by Kealan Patrick Burke, Steve Vernon, and Mark Sieber.

Graced by another magnificent Stacy Drum cover (inspired by Bentley Little’s short story “The Mailman”), this special issue features fiction by Brian Knight, Shaun Jeffrey, Benjamin Percy, and Simon Strantzas, as well as excerpts by Stephen King and Brian James Freeman, and Part Three of Douglas Clegg’s brilliant serial, The Innocents at the Museum of Antiquities.

This issue also features Steve Vernon’s look at the rising star of Brian Knight, the launch of a new graphic novel column by Dark Horse editor Scott Allie, a feature look at The New Dead anthology, as well as non-fiction from Cemetery Dance regulars Ed Gorman, Thomas F. Monteleone, Michael Marano, Don D’Auria, Ellen Datlow, Robert Morrish, and Mark Sieber.
This issue is packed full with 136 pages of horror and suspense for every type of reader – all for the low price of just $5,

Fiction

• “The Wheel” by Bentley Little
• “We” by Bentley Little
• “An Excerpt from Blockade Billy” by Stephen King
• “The Innocents at the Museum of Antiquities: Part Three” by Douglas Clegg
• “Out of Touch” by Simon Strantzas
• “The Long Black Coat” by Benjamin Percy
• “An Excerpt from The Painted Darkness” by Brian James Freeman
• “In Darkness” by Shaun Jeffrey
• “Deathbed” by Brian Knight

Special Features

• “A Conversation with Bentley Little” by David B. Silva
• “The Indispensable Bentley Little” by Mark Sieber
• “Little Stories, Large Shadows: The Short Fiction of Bentley Little” by Steve Vernon
• “Feature Review: His Father’s Son by Bentley Little” by Kealan Patrick Burke
• “A Conversation with Brian James Freeman” by Norman Prentiss
• “The New Dead: A Feature Look” by Brian James Freeman
• “New Voices: Brian Knight” by Steve Vernon
• “Horror in Comics” by Wayne Edwards
• “A Few Words with Paul Mackman, producer of Aliens vs. Predator” by Brian James Freeman

The Usual Suspects

• “Words from the Editor” by Richard Chizmar
• “Stephen King News: From The Dead Zone” by Bev Vincent
• “Editorial Perspectives” by Don D’Auria
• “The Mothers and Fathers Italian Association” by Thomas F. Monteleone
• “Fine Points” by Ed Gorman
• “Drawing on Your Nightmares” by Scott Allie
• “MediaDrome” by Michael Marano
• “The Last Ten Things I’ve Read” by Ellen Datlow
• “Spotlight on Publishing” by Robert Morrish
• “Horror Drive-In” by Mark Sieber
• “Cemetery Dance Reviews” edited by Nanci Kalanta
• “The Final Question” by Brian James Freeman (featuring Bentley Little, Ramsey Campbell, Nancy Holder, Robert Booth, Rocky Wood, David B. Silva, John R. Little, Norman L. Rubenstein)

You can order directly from Cemetery Dance here: Bentley Little Special