BRYAN W. ALASPA

Today is the day, horror fans! My latest tale of pure unadulterated terror arrives in print & ebook editions today! The Wraith is a companion piece to my bestselling The Man From Taured. It is NOT a sequel, however, it is set within the same general universe and some of the same characters from TMFT appear in this one. In fact, the agents from IDEA are back and this time my fictional town of KNORR (featured in Sapphire, The Dead Phone and other stories) is under direct threat

I could just tell you about how Ron Gavalik is a poet, but that would not come anywhere close to being the actual truth. As a writer, I respect other writers and always sort of respected poets. In general, though, I always kept poets at arm's length. Until I met Ron. Ron's poetry hits me in the gut the way other poets don't. I envision whiskey/bourbon-soaked bars in the mean streets of Pittsburgh when I read his work. I envision a steel town with large men in hard hats, drink

Proud to announce that you can now pre-order my new novel The Wraith from Amazon. Coming this July, The Wraith is a companion novel to the bestselling The Man From Taured. It is not a sequel, but deals with alternate realities and features the Agents of IDEA first appearing in TMFT. Some of your favorite characters from that novel show up here again. The Wraith is also set in my fictional town of Knorr, which has been the site of other novels like The Dead Phone and Sapphire.

I love when I get to meet and chat with a new writer. I had the great fortune of being told about this new novel The Reign of the Kingfisher by a gentleman named T.J. Martinson. It sounded so interesting, I had to get it. I did get it for my Kindle and when I realized it was set in Chicago and Mr. Martinson was from the Chicago area, I had to reach out. Turns out T.J. Martinson is an awesome guy in general. He was willing to stop by this little blog and I sent him some questi

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

Scott Norman is the kind of a guy you often see called a "bear of a man." Hes tall. He's big. Everything about him is bigger than life. He has a loud laugh, loud way of speaking, and is a kind of force of nature when you meet him. When I first met him, it was my freshman year in college at Webster University in St. Louis. One of the first people I met and he and I became fast friends. Scott had ambitions to direct movies and I got to star in at least two of them. One of the f

Hey, so, it's Valentine's Day and I have a couple of little gifts for you. First - I dropped a new short story for you Kindle folks and those who don't like to pay more than 99 cents for things. It's a nasty little horror shocker called The Orchid Man. You can find it at Amazon by clicking on the text link or the image below: You can also find some things for FREE in my Amazon store. For example, the Kindle edition of my horror short story collection When the Night Comes Out

A tease. Book cover reveal coming soon.... A new nightmare coming in 2019. Stay tuned. #comingsoon #2019 #horror #newbook #teaser #book #thriller #writer

Yeah, so, with the three-day holiday weekend, I figured I'd host an Ask Me Anything event at AMAFeed.com. You can follow the LINK HERE and check out the details and even start leaving questions or just drop by at 11:15 am, Eastern time this Sunday! Stop by. It'll be fun. I'll bring coffee. #askmeanything #event #interview #AMA #writing #writer #writingquestions #writingadvice

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

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 turn, matched a weird nighttime radio show that, for a brief and glorious time, dominated overnights in this country. That is Art Bell and for a time in the late 90s, he was there for me in ways others in my life were not. I had an obsession with radio for years. I got involved in it myself when the college I attended started a radio station. I

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 your problem?) then there are spoilers ahead. Like, big ones. The movie rights to the novel Jaws were sold very quickly. The publishers knew they had a hit on their hands even before it shot up the bestseller list. The question was, who the heck was going to direct it? How would it be filmed? Also, how did you translate this novel that had so

Hello everyone. I just wanted to take a moment to thank you all for coming with me on the journey. The release of SPIDAR has been a major milestone for me. My first published work of fiction by a larger-sized publisher than I have ever worked with before. I am now on an author page on their website alongside true heroes of mine like Clive Barker and Brian Keene. A publisher who put out, all at once, a paperback, ebook and audiobook edition and who has a significant audiobook

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 novel S.P.I.D.A.R. That one is available as an ebook, in print and audiobook version. So, you can get S.P.I.D.A.R. as an audiobook as Audible, but I also have seven other works there available for you to listen to from a variety of voice talents. They were all amazing to work with and if you just never have the time to read, listening to a book

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

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

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

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

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

It is one of the questions I get asked: Why do you write? This is especially true when people find out that my books, novels and stories do not fund me enough so that I can do it full time. They wonder what the hell I'm doing writing blog posts about mice, rats and bugs or writing website content for a pest control company. They thinkt that having 30 books out there should be enough for me to live on. That's cute, but you can't do that in a city like Chicago. I have had frien