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Bryan W. Alaspa

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in Chicago, The United States

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Horror, Mystery & Thrillers

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I was born in the fine year of 1971 in Park Ridge, IL. I am a life long Chicago resident and I love the city. I spent a few years in St. Louis, as well. I knew I wanted to write from the time I sat down at my mom's electric typewriter in the 3rd grade. Now I do write. I write freelance and articles for online news sources. I write horror, thrillers and detective novels. I also write non-fiction in true crime and history genres. I publish my fiction myself as an indie publisher and write and have found an audience for my work among ebook fans. I publish for Kindle, Nook and other tablets and devices at Smashwords.com. My non-fiction is usually published in print, but that may soon change as ebooks become more and more of the norm. ...more

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Average rating: 3.66 · 958 ratings · 181 reviews · 91 distinct works • Similar authors

	Rig 3.33 avg rating — 149 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Man From Taured 3.84 avg rating — 124 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Devoured: A Horror Novel 3.86 avg rating — 51 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dead Phone 3.59 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vicious 3.52 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sapphire 4.38 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gone 3.35 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ghosts of St. Louis: The Lemp Mansion and Other Eerie Tales 2.82 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Silas Jayne: Chicago's Suburban Gangster 3.37 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sleep Experiment: A horrifying short story 3.24 avg rating — 25 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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New horror mystery thriller novella out now!

If you are looking for a slow-boiling mystery horror thriller then my newly published novella - The Cut-Through - is out today.

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A young girl vanishes while running home from school. Just ahead of her are two friends. The cut-through path is short, fences along each side, nowhere to hide. Despite this, there is not trace of her. Two detectives are assigned the case, but from the start nothi Read more of this blog post »

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Published on July 02, 2020 14:08 • Tags: detective, horror, kidnapping, mystery, new-release, novella, scary, suspense, terror

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Series by Bryan W. Alaspa

Sin-Eater (3 books)
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Deklan Falls (2 books)
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The Elementals (1 book)
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Extinction Dream: A Novel

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In Those Fading Stars: A Collection of Short Fiction

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Didn't work for me I love the character of The Shadow, but this story never worked for me. I just never got into it and then came the ending and...bleh. Also, just a personal thing, if you just got for an adult rating you can actually have swear words ...more
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Another terrific Spider tale I've been a fan of The Spider since finding some of his original pulp books in a used bookstore. I'm a fan of the Shadow, too, but the Spider's takes move faster and tend to be more action packed. This one follows that tre ...more
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MJ Mars is just so good I've seen a fan of hers since The Suffering. Her short story collection was also amazing. She has a way of rapidly creating three dimensional characters and unleashing such horror upon them. Its the same with this one. When one ...more
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Another great Holly Gibney tale I love Holly. I love the Finders Keepers stories and if Mr. King I just wanted to write those until he couldn't write anymore I'd be there to read every one of them. A well crafted tale with a slam-bang, action packed c ...more
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What an amazing novel Wow. Just wow. A book that starts off mysterious and takes its time, building one unspeakable horror on top of the other. Each time, I said, this can't get any worse, and yet it did. An insidious novel of the best kind, the best ...more
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