Dionysus in Silk

Alvaro Gallo-Pascal, a tabloid journalist by trade, is looking to break into the field of serious journalism. As luck would have it, A-list superstar Vern Denholm—Alvaro’s favorite actor—has abruptly announced his retirement. Though disappointed with this news, a new avenue to virality is opened when Alvaro’s high school friend Raleigh Morello—now going by the pseudonym Leigh Morley—unexpectedly reaches out with a wild claim: Vern Denholm, his ex-lover, has disappeared.Alvaro agrees to help Leigh track him down in hopes of meeting his idol, though their investigation is quickly intercepted by another ex-lover of Vern's: former child star Sunni Bellaire, joined by her intense bodyguard, who has received a strange text message from the elusive actor.Alvaro works to uncover what happened to Hollywood's Bachelor Eternal, following a trail of broken hearts with eerie parallels in a quest to land a meeting with the last known person to have contact with the actor. As he rubs elbows with the celebrity elite, Alvaro rekindles an old friendship, reckons with his own past tragedy, and discovers that there may be more to Vern Denholm than his squeaky-clean persona might suggest.Worse yet, clues left in the wake of Vern's disappearance suggest that mysterious forces are keeping him under lock and key—forces that are, perhaps, stranger than so-called “Hollyweird” itself.

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mystery, supernatural horror

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