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Enjoy the Silence: A review of 'A Quiet Place'
Possible SPOILERS ahead: This is just a review of the terrifying new horror movie A Quiet Place, and I will try not to give too much...
Bryan Alaspa
Apr 23, 20184 min read
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RIP: Art Bell - For Making Radio Weird
Take a look at that photo there. Look at that guy who sort of looks like Gomez Addams there, right? That guy matches a voice that, in...
Bryan W. Alaspa
Apr 19, 20184 min read
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Why the horror of "Jaws" still works on me (part three: the movie)
SPOILERS: I cannot believe I have to write this about a movie that came out in the 70s, but if you haven't seen the movie Jaws (what is...
Bryan W. Alaspa
Apr 16, 20185 min read
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Why the horror of "Jaws" still works on me (part two: the novel)
SPOILERS AHEAD - if you haven't read the novel... Peter Benchley was a writer trying to make a living off of his art for years. He had an...
Bryan W. Alaspa
Apr 9, 20185 min read
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Why the horror of "Jaws" still works on me (part one)
SPOILER ALERTS: Hey, I am gonna talk about both the movie and novel Jaws here. If, for some reason, you have not read or seen this...
Bryan W. Alaspa
Apr 3, 20183 min read
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A healthy respect for spiders
It's a funny thing how life works sometimes. Not too long ago (keep in mind, I still think the 90s were "just a few years ago"), I wrote...
Bryan W. Alaspa
Mar 25, 20183 min read
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Reminder: Audiobooks and reviews
Just a quick update folks! I am busy working on a freelance gig and the third Elementals novel - as well as trying to promote my new...
Bryan W. Alaspa
Mar 2, 20181 min read
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The journey to S.P.I.D.A.R.
One of the questions I as an author get asked a lot is - where do you get your story ideas? I have talked about my latest horror book...
Bryan W. Alaspa
Feb 27, 20184 min read
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Audiobooks: Listening to the horror
The first time I listened to an audiobook it was way back in the late 80s when my family and I were about to hit the road for a long...
Bryan W. Alaspa
Feb 26, 20183 min read
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S.P.I.D.A.R. is out today!
Today is the day! At long last, the hype is over and now it's just time to be terrified. My new horror book, and first book published...
Bryan W. Alaspa
Feb 23, 20181 min read
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The Real Life Whittier Alaska
For my new novel, S.P.I.D.A.R., I decided it would be fun to set it in a place cut off from the rest of the world. A place where it would...
Bryan W. Alaspa
Feb 22, 20183 min read
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Spider Facts: the Black Widow
There are few spiders in the world with a more fearsome, and undeserved, reputation than the black widow spider. They are just the...
Bryan W. Alaspa
Feb 21, 20183 min read
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Scary Insects: The emerald cockroach wasp
The world of insects... so much to truly be afraid of. Of course, most of it is at a very small level and most of the time you, as a...
Bryan W. Alaspa
Feb 19, 20183 min read
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Storyland: Now a semi-finalist
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...
Bryan W. Alaspa
Feb 16, 20182 min read
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Spider Facts: the Brown Recluse Spider
For the most part, we are pretty lucky here in North America when it comes to spiders. If you live in Central or South America or some of...
Bryan W. Alaspa
Feb 16, 20183 min read
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New horror book: S.P.I.D.A.R. available for Kindle Pre-Order
The town of Whittier is isolated in Alaska and the people all live within towers once used by the military. The tourist season is over...
Bryan W. Alaspa
Feb 15, 20181 min read
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Insect Facts: the Tarantula Hawk Wasp
As I have mentioned, the world of insects is far, far more terrifying than anything I could write. It is a brutal world where almost all...
Bryan W. Alaspa
Feb 14, 20183 min read
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Zombie insects
The world of insects is a generally terrifying place. As the Jeff Goldblum character in The Fly says - it is a basic and brutal place....
Bryan W. Alaspa
Feb 13, 20183 min read
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Spider facts: the deadliest spider in the world
People have been afraid of spiders for a long time. The term of fear of spiders is known as arachnophobia. Of course, a phobia itself is...
Bryan W. Alaspa
Feb 12, 20183 min read
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Writing Tips: Know when to walk away
This is the story of The Wraith. What the heck is The Wraith? The Wraith is a supernatural suspense/horror novel I wrote about a year or...
Bryan W. Alaspa
Feb 11, 20183 min read
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