Alec Silva: 8 books

Westlich is not a book, but rather two short stories that take place in a hypothetical Old West, mixing elements of horror and sci-fi and fantasy.

“Nest of Dracogriffons” gathers the two first stories of Vannora, know as Lady of the Victorious Sword, a legendary weapon that never knew defeat. In “Among Giants”, a short tale, the warrior faces two giants of a race bred from men and demons, the Nephilim. In “Nest of Dracogriffons”,...

A tale about a girl with heterochromatic eyes that just wanted to flee to a magical world. Between her and her dream, there are only a rock and seven challenging tasks.

Two friends are going to spend a few days in a beach house. They soon discover that only one can enter the house, while the other, prevented by an invisible force, is forced to sleep on the terrace. While trying to understand the mystery of the place, the questions and uncertainties will show that the answer to the main question is simpler than they imagine.

What if the hospital studies of future doctors went beyond of just examining a body that was dead for a few days? Brenda is going to find out, in the most scaring way, the answer. And the consequences can be irreversible.

Between reading little books accompanied by a stuffed bunny and listening to mother read stories on Sunday, the little Rube discovers much about the power of reading and imagination. And understand, little by little, how much it is special for parents.

In a world where wolves are enemies of the sun and moon, Ulmer was a huge wolf who lived alone in a cave. One day, upon receiving the unusual visit of a girl in search of an entity known as Star, whose magical jars were lost in the sky and found on earth by the human, he leaves on a suicide...

This book offers a transnational and transdisciplinary investigation of violence, ranging from bullying and hate crimes to revolutions, genocide, and acts of terrorism. It offers empirical investigations of these specific types of violence as well as theoretical discussions of the underlying similarities and differences among these forms of violence.