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Folk Horror’s Global Roots: Beyond the British Countryside
When you hear the words folk horror , what images spring to mind? For many, it’s windswept English moors, robed figures chanting in stone...
Bryan Alaspa
12 minutes ago4 min read
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Pandemics and Plagues: Disease as a Horror Element in Literature
Nothing gets under the skin—literally and figuratively—like a good plague. From the creeping dread of an invisible virus to the grotesque...
Bryan Alaspa
3 days ago5 min read
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My Mini Book Tour for The Given
Hey, have you heard about my new novel The Given? It is coming out May 30 (or came out May 30 depending on when you read this). You can...
Bryan Alaspa
4 days ago1 min read
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Monsters Within: Exploring Internal vs. External Threats in Horror
What really keeps you up at night? Is it the creak of a floorboard in the dark or the gnawing thought that you might be capable of...
Bryan Alaspa
4 days ago4 min read
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Femgore Fiction: The Rise of Female-Driven Body Horror in Literature
If you've felt a shift in horror fiction lately—something more visceral, more unapologetically grotesque, and disturbingly...
Bryan Alaspa
5 days ago4 min read
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Analog Horror: How VHS Aesthetics Are Reshaping Modern Scares
The horror genre is constantly evolving, but in recent years, something strange and fascinating has taken root online—analog horror. With...
Bryan Alaspa
6 days ago4 min read
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The Influence of Japanese Horror on Western Fiction
For fans of horror, few things are more exciting than discovering the roots of the genre’s most terrifying trends. Over the last few...
Bryan Alaspa
7 days ago5 min read
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When the Setting Is the Monster: Horror Books Where the Place Is the Villain
In horror fiction, it's often the masked killer, the ancient curse, or the thing in the shadows that keeps us up at night. But sometimes,...
Bryan Alaspa
May 94 min read
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Let’s Talk Pacing: Why Great Horror Fiction Is Never in a Rush
If there’s one thing horror fiction fanatics know, it’s this: the scariest stories aren’t the ones that scream in your face. They’re the...
Bryan Alaspa
May 84 min read
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When Horror Gets Weird: A Guide to Bizarro and Surreal Terror
Let’s get one thing straight: horror doesn’t always play by the rules. Sure, we love our haunted houses, masked killers, and things that...
Bryan Alaspa
May 74 min read
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The Horror Author’s Guide to Disturbing Your Readers in All the Right Ways
Let’s be honest — horror fans are a different breed. We don’t just want to be scared. We want to be unsettled . We crave the stuff that...
Bryan Alaspa
May 64 min read
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10 Horror Tropes That Still Work (And 5 That Need to Die)
Let’s face it: horror runs on tropes. That’s not a bad thing. In fact, tropes are the bones of genre fiction — the recurring story...
Bryan Alaspa
May 54 min read
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Emotional Truth: The Core of Horror That Lingers
There’s a moment every horror fan knows — not the jump scare, not the gore, but the aftershock . That lingering discomfort long after the...
Bryan Alaspa
May 24 min read
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Why Horror Fiction Matters More Than Ever in a Post-Truth World
We live in strange times. In this so-called “post-truth” world — where conspiracy theories compete with science, where misinformation...
Bryan Alaspa
May 14 min read
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What Makes a Horror Novel Truly Scary? A Horror Author Breaks It Down
If you’ve ever found yourself lying awake at night, haunted by a line of dialogue, a chilling image, or an idea that burrowed deep into...
Bryan Alaspa
Apr 304 min read
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The Indie Horror Books That Are Changing the Genre
For years, horror fans have looked to the big publishing houses for their spine-tingling fix—names like Stephen King, Clive Barker, and...
Bryan Alaspa
Apr 294 min read
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Inside The Given: My Deeply Personal Horror Novel About Cults, Dreams, and Redemption
What if your worst nightmares weren’t just dreams—but calls for help from someone you’ve never met… but somehow know? That’s the dark,...
Bryan Alaspa
Apr 284 min read
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The Best Horror Novels to Read on a Stormy Night
There’s something magical about a stormy night. The howling wind, the pounding rain, and the occasional crack of thunder create the...
Bryan Alaspa
Apr 254 min read
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The Art of the Unreliable Narrator in Horror
In horror fiction, trust is a fragile thing. When you pick up a book or settle in for a movie, you assume the narrator is guiding you...
Bryan Alaspa
Apr 244 min read
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Why Writing Horror Is Different from Writing Thriller or Suspense
If you’re a diehard horror fan, you know when a story is truly horror —and when it’s something else wearing a mask. Horror fiction has a...
Bryan Alaspa
Apr 235 min read
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