BRYAN W. ALASPA

I've talked about this before, but it comes up time and again. People always want to know where the stories I write come from. What's interesting is the people you meet who try to tell you they have a great idea for a story. Hey, you should write about - XYZ. That would be a great book! I always appreciate that. My own father was a consistent source. In fact, from time to time, those suggestions are good enough to get stored away in my brain somewhere or a notebook. But for t

I am very pleased to announce that the audiobook version of my bestselling 2017 psychological thriller Storyland is now available! Named as a best of 2017 by book bloggers and a semi-finalist in the Soon to be Famous Author Illinois contest, this is an intense and terrifying psychological thriller about repressed memories, childhood, and the nightmares which lurk withing our own mind. Available at Amazon and Audible, I am proud to have worked with Tweet Productions to create

Last year I was invited by the wonderful Kara Kohn at the Plainfield Public Library here in Illinois to a local author event. I went there to sell and sign books and then participate in a discussion with other Illinois-based authors. It was a horrible day weather-wise, but a great time for those of us who were there. The library told us about all of these great resources the library and other Illinois libraries offered us local, independent authors to help get our books out t

My final stop for the Storyland blog tour is an interview over at the TriSarahTops blog. Check it out and make sure to pick up your copy of Storyland at Amazon today! Read the interview at TriSarahTops HERE. #thriller #blogtour #horror #writing #interview #Storyland #psychologicalhorror #psychologicalsuspense

Joyful Antidotes is a blog reviewer website and Storyland is featured today and is stop # 7 on my blog tour. Thanks to Joyful Antidotes and for the great review. Click HERE to read the review. #Storyland #blogtour #review #thriller #horror #mystery #suspense #indiewriter #amwriting

Please head over to MissTezza's blog to read the guest blog post I have up there as part of my Storyland blog tour! Click HERE to read it. #Storyland #blogtour #blogs #tour #thriller #guestpost #horror #book #novel

My third stop in the Storyland blog tour is now up. It's a brief review (a good one) and a different excerpt from yesterday. Read it HERE and then head over to Amazon to get your copy in print or Kindle. #storyland #novel #blogtour #thriller #psychologicalhorror #psychologicalsuspense #psychologicalthriller #mystery #book #blog #excerpt

Stop two of my Storyland blog tour is up and ready for you to read. The fine folks at Creative Misfit have their post up and it's an excerpt from the novel. Read it and then get your copy at Amazon in print or Kindle editions. CLICK HERE TO READ THE EXCERPT AT CREATIVE MISFIT #Storyland #blogtour #blogs #excerpt #horror #thriller #suspense #psychologicalsuspense #psychologicalhorror #psychologicalthriller

An Ocean Glimmer is the site and they ran a review of my psychological thriller STORYLAND. Check out the link HERE and read it. For more on the tour that will go throughout this week and into next week, see below! #review #Storyland #book #horror #blogtour #blogs #marketing #indiewriter #novel #fiction

An excerpt from my new novel Storyland. Right here. Stay tuned! #comingsoon #tomorrow #Storyland #thriller #suspense #psychologicalsupsense #psychologicalhorror #psychologicalthriller #mystery #whodunnit #indieauthor #indiewriter

I spent some time answering some questions with the great Fiona McVie for her Authorinterviews website. Fiona is a huge fan of indie writers and a great booster for us. I have worked with her before I am so glad she wanted to interview me again to talk about writing, my life and, of course Storyland. Click HERE to read the interview at her site. #interview #marketing #FionaMcVie #author #indiewriter #Storyland #psychologicalthriller #horror

My new novel Storyland (available for pre-order now in print & Kindle formats- FYI) delves into some of the darkest territory I have yet to write about. I can't give too much away without giving away the ending, of course, but I can tell you a little. Our narrator, a guy named Ned, wakes up one day to find out his friend from childhood, Martin Brace, has brutally butchered four people who were camping in the woods - leaving just a young boy alive. This sends Ned down some ver

Memory is a weird thing. That is a topic explored at length in my new psychological suspense novel Storyland. In fact, its key to the entire plot. What do you think? Is your memory solid or does it play tricks with you? There was a school of thought for a long time that eye witnesses were the best source of evidence in a crime. These days, cops know that this is far from the truth. Rather than being a tablet written in stone, for most of us, our memories are really like clay.

You can win a signed paperback copy of my terrifying psychological thriller, suspense, novel Storyland! You have a couple ways to enter and the more you do, the better your chances! Entry form below! #contest #giveaways #prizes #storyland #thriller #book #novel #signed #author #psychologicalsuspense

You may have seen the announcement that my new novel, Storyland, is available for Kindle pre-order as well as in print. Both of them are at a special price for you early-birds. Technically, the official publication date is Halloween 2017 (October 31), but through various means, even you print folks can get early copies at a low, low price. OK - sales pitch is over... What is Storyland? Storyland isn't quite like anything I have written before. It's my first real attempt to wr

Here's the first book trailer for my new psychological suspense novel STORYLAND - available for pre-order in print & Kindle versions now! Due out Halloween 2017! #newnovel #book #fiction #thriller #psychologicalsuspense #psychologicalthriller #horror #indiewriter #writing #suspense #storyland #booktrailer

Chicago suspense writer Bryan Alaspa continues to do things the hard way, announcing via his website and social media that he will be publishing his new psychological thriller novel Storyland under his own publishing label on Halloween, 2017. The reason? The feedback he got from publishing agents and traditional publishers said the novel was “too dark”, “disturbing” and “gritty” for them. “It was weird,” says the author, “several of them got back to me and the ones who provid