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New Release: The Revisionists - Out Today!

Bryan W. Alaspa

Mar 19, 2019
1 min

New Release: The Revisionists - Out Today!

At long last my new novel - The Revisionists - is here! No more pre-ordering. It's really here and ready for you to read if are the type who prefers to buy things they day they come out. My first real techno-thriller is out today. Click on the link above of the image below to get a copy in print/paperback or Kindle/ebook edition at Amazon. The official book description is below. Share with a friend! Spread the word! DESCRIPTION: Cal Trove is one of the most powerful men on th

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The problems with changing history. A look at The Revisionists

Bryan W. Alaspa

Mar 12, 2019
4 min

The problems with changing history. A look at The Revisionists

My newest novel comes out one week from when I am writing this blog post. For those of you coming late to this post, this means March 19, 2019. The novel is called The Revisionists. The plot of the novel gets summed up this way: a brilliant, but disturbed, man invents a technology which can actually alter history. It's about as close as I will ever get to writing a time travel book. It was a fun book to write. With technology the way it is and learning about things like colle

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How The Man From Taured led to The Revisionists

Bryan W. Alaspa

Feb 18, 2019
3 min

How The Man From Taured led to The Revisionists

A lot changed for me when I wrote the novel The Man from Taured. Not only has it slowly, over time, become one of my bestselling novels across all platforms, but it changed a lot of my own thinking and changed the course of my writing, too. Before TMfT I had written all kinds of weird stuff and thrillers, of course. I had toyed with the idea of alternate realities and perhaps dimensions, but as I toyed with those ideas, I began to research them, too. Of course, this ultimatel

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Excerpts from my new novel The Revisionists

Bryan W. Alaspa

Feb 15, 2019
6 min

Excerpts from my new novel The Revisionists

My new novel The Revisionists is coming in March. It's the story of Cal Trove and his invention of technology which can alter reality itself, change history. He brings his friends from his college days to his island dominion where he is surrounded by hundreds of his employees who are devoted to him utterly. Cal is excited to unveil Revision. He wants his friends, all of whom he says are the smartest people he knows, to help him alter all of reality. He seems to have no clue w

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What is the Mandela Effect?

Bryan W. Alaspa

Feb 13, 2019
4 min

What is the Mandela Effect?

Quick, answer from your heart and not from your brain. Did South African civil rights leader, Nelson Mandela die while in prison during the late 70s or did he get out of jail in the 90s and eventually become the President of South Africa and die in his old age decades later? As for me, I distinctly remember the day, when I was in college, watching Mandela released from jail. My friends and I watched this event happen on CNN and were amazed. It seemed like it would never happe

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Cover & title reveal - coming in 2019

Bryan W. Alaspa

Nov 23, 2018
1 min

Cover & title reveal - coming in 2019

A new nightmare coming in 2019. Cal Trove is the reclusive billionaire in charge of a massive technology company. Everyone has a Trove phone, Trove TV, laptop or apps. Trove himself is a recluse, living on his large private island surrounded by hundreds of his acolyte employees who worship him like a god. Now, his friends from college have been brought to this isolated place so Cal Trove can unveil his latest creation: Revision. A way to actually change the past, alter realit

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Review of S.P.I.D.A.R. at Reads & Reels

Bryan W. Alaspa

May 30, 2018
1 min

Review of S.P.I.D.A.R. at Reads & Reels

Not a big post here, just trying to share things with the people who stop by and check out my blog, but the great folks over at the blog Reads & Reels gave me a great review of S.P.I.D.A.R. on the site this week. I really want to thank them, spread the word, and hopefully drive a little traffic to them. They deserve it and I appreciate it. Click on the cover image below, or the link in the above paragraph. #reviews #SPIDAR #horror #bookreview #thriller #suspense #novel #horro

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New Audiobook Thriller! After the Snowfall

Bryan W. Alaspa

May 1, 2018
2 min

New Audiobook Thriller! After the Snowfall

I am very proud to say that a new audiobook of one of my favorite books I have written is now out. My thriller book After the Snowfall is now available as an audiobook and read by the amazing Scott Servheen who has been just the most amazing voice talent to work with. I am so excited to bring this one to you. This is a book that has a truly special place in my heart. I wrote this book as my book for the one and only time I participated in NaNoWriMo. I wrote this book within 2

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Annual Christmas Sale & Giveaway: Dec 24 & 25

Bryan W. Alaspa

Dec 19, 2017
1 min

Annual Christmas Sale & Giveaway: Dec 24 & 25

Every year to help people who get new Kindles or tablets or phones and want to get some ebooks - I do a Christmas sale & giveaway. You just need to head over to my AMAZON STORE on December 24 & 25. This is for readers in the US and UK. Lots of stuff is free, but a lot more is just 99 cents (or the British equivalent). So, you can use your new device or gift certificate and get some great horror and thrillers! #Christmas #sale #giveaway #horror #book #books #novels #writer #su

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Review of Storyland: Blog Tour Stop 7

Blog Tour Stop 4: SunShineSarahXO Guest Post

Bryan W. Alaspa

Dec 14, 2017
1 min

Blog Tour Stop 4: SunShineSarahXO Guest Post

Stop number 4 on the Storyland blog tour is up and ready for you to read. SunShineSarahXO was kind enough to let me do a guest post and blather on about why I wrote Storyland and why I am so demented I tend to like writing about horror and psychological horror. READ IT HERE! #blogtour #Storyalnd #guestpost #thriller #horror #writing #suspense #psychologicalthriller #psychologicalhorror #writer

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Storyland Blog Tour Stop 2: Creative Misfit

Bryan W. Alaspa

Dec 12, 2017
1 min

Storyland Blog Tour Stop 2: Creative Misfit

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

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Read an excerpt: The Well

Bryan W. Alaspa

Nov 18, 2017
8 min

Read an excerpt: The Well

My horror novella The Well comes out this Black Friday - right after Thanksgiving. As you contemplate heading out to fight the crowds while holiday shopping or prepare yourself for the cyber-attacks of Cyber Monday, you can scare yourself with this weird supernatural tale of horror I concocted while writing my short fiction this year. The Well tells the story of a man and woman who buy a new house. Right away, the wife, Karen, seems a bit off. Obsessed with checking out the y

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Word of mouth: How you can help me with Storyland

Bryan W. Alaspa

Sep 27, 2017
4 min

Word of mouth: How you can help me with Storyland

The fact is that the publishing world has changed. You can debate until the end of time if it's changed for the better or worse. I think it's changed for the better. I like the vast expanse of authors and works of fiction that I might not have had access to in the pre-Kindle world. I can go on and on about how I was there trying to push the idea of self-publishing before there was a Kindle, but even I can't inflate my ego that large. People have been self-publishing for centu

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Excerpt: Read from Storyland

Bryan W. Alaspa

Sep 14, 2017
14 min

Excerpt: Read from Storyland

Storyland starts in the modern day when a man named Ned, while attending ComiCon, awakens to find out that his childhood best friend Martin Brace has brutally murdered for people out in the woods back in his home town. Martin and Ned lived next door to each other as kids and played a game called Storyland. Martin stated he believed Storyland was real and that they were part of the story itself, set out to defeat a giant evil he's named Grool. Martin is now a reclusive author

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Coming tomorrow!

Where do stories come from?

Bryan W. Alaspa

Sep 7, 2017
4 min

Where do stories come from?

The main theme of my new novel Storyland is discussing where stories come from. Of course, as a writer, I wonder where the "stories" come from. However, I think this is a question that can be extended into other creative pursuits. Where do paintings come from? Where do songs come from? Where do [fill in the blank] come from? We creative types have brains that I feel work differently from others and I love watching the creative process in someone composing a song, poem, or pai

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On Writing: about the dark stuff

Bryan W. Alaspa

Sep 6, 2017
4 min

On Writing: about the dark stuff

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

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When memory plays tricks

Bryan W. Alaspa

Sep 5, 2017
3 min

When memory plays tricks

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.

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OK - So what the hell is Storyland?

Bryan W. Alaspa

Sep 2, 2017
5 min

OK - So what the hell is Storyland?

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

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