Bryan W. Alaspa - published works

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Chicago Crime Stories:
Rich Gone Wrong

by Bryan W. Alaspa

NOVELS AND SHORT STORIES:

	*After the Snowfall* Learn more -- or -- buy this book at Amazon The town of Darrick, Illinois, is buried in snow. A crippling blizzard has covered the small town, bringing it to a standstill. The next morning, as the residents try to dig themselves out, a strange thing is seen on the horizon. Three men, dressed in black, walk down the center of the only road in and out of town. Why do they instill fear in all who see them? What are their intentions? Who can help, when the world is buried in feet of snow? This is a day the town of Darrick is not going to forget.
	*Gone* - free download for your Droid phone (or even your computer). Learn more -- or -- download this book from FeedBooks.com A group of employees trying to have a weekend of bonding in the woods. What they get, however, is a weekend of unrelenting terror. What is making them disappear one at a time? Why can't they leave? Will any of them make it back or will all of them end up "Gone?"
	*Sin Eater: Part One* Learn more -- or -- buy this book from Amazon.com Grady McDonnell is the latest in a long line of sin eaters. Despite his attempts to escape his fate he has begun to work for the same shadowy and mysterious organization his father and his father’s father worked for. He absorbs the sins of the recently deceased. When he does so he relives the sins of the dead. He can see the aura of death around those who are about to die, and when he touches that aura, he can experience that person’s memories. Grady wonders what effect this has on his soul. He wonders who he works for. Who sends him? Why are the people he is sent to absolve chosen? As he continues his task he begins to question the motives behind the people he works for. When he discovers there are others who have unique abilities also being rounded up by the same organization he knows that something is at work and it may not be good. How can he save his own soul when he is so busy saving everyone else’s?
	*Forgotten Tales of Illinois* Learn more -- or -- buy this book from Amazon.com Dig up the men who tried to dig up Lincoln. Mull over the Mad Gasser of Mattoon and the 1977 thunderbird infestation- from a safe distance. Watch in horror as one of the greatest maritime disasters in U.S. history occurs twenty feet from the banks of the Chicago River or follow the course of the blimp crash that convinced a downtown bank employee that it was raining hell. Try not to blink as towns washed away by floods and shrines covered over by condominiums are dragged back from the margins of history into the center of the page, where they belong. After all, reasons author Bryan Alaspa, if the pope was eager to stop by the House of Crosses during his visit to Chicago, surely it is worth a look. Just beware: a quick glance into this book and you might not look up until you've read the whole gripping and grin-inspiring collection.
	*Chicago Disasters* Learn more -- or -- buy this book from Amazon.com Whether the disasters came from the earth itself, from fire, air, or water, Chicago has paid its dues in blood, sweat, and tears. You will be amazed at the courage, senselessness, shock, and horror of Chicago's disasters.
	*Chicago Crime Stories: Rich Gone Wrong* Available at Schiffer Publishing Discover the most notorious criminals and crimes in Chicago's history. Meet psychopath and criminal mastermind Silas Jayne, a stone-cold killer even the mob seemed to fear. Read about the "Trial of the Century," the case that made the names Leopold and Loeb famous, and legendary lawyer Clarence Darrow a household name. Explore the mind of the Tylenol Terrorist who paralyzed the country with fear. You've heard about Capone, Gacy, and Speck; now learn about the rest of Chicago's worst. *RIG: A Novel of Terror* Available at Amazon.com Rig 42 is the largest and most advanced oil rig the world has ever known. Just after the rig goes on-line, terrifying and eerie radio signals are received, followed by silence. The rig has hit something, and whatever it is has completely wiped out the crew. The company is desperate to find out what's happened. A team of mercenaries and oil rig experts is dispatched to determine what the danger is and if it can be eliminated. They find that the rig hit something that had been buried for centuries…something older than evil itself...something that leaves only the unbearable screams of the tortured behind…something that hungers. Rig is a story of terror. It is a terror that can take any shape. It is a terror that will destroy a man's body and tear apart his soul. *The Day the Machines Stopped* Click here to read "The Day the Machines Stopped" A world where, suddenly, and without warning, every electronic device on the planet stops working. Cars stop running. Elevators stop mid-floor. Planes fall out of the sky. No one knows why or how, but now all of them have to try and survive. Is it the end of the world or the beginning of something else? Told in a serialized form and presented exclusively for Triond online, this is Bryan Alaspa's epic tale of a world gone mad and those who try to survive it. *Dust* Click here for more information or to purchase this novel A small town with big secrets sits simmering in the summer heat. A town that will soon face the horror of what they have been hiding with truly explosive consequences. "Dust" is the story of a day in the life of a small town that has been hiding its secrets for so long that they have begun to fester. Now, they are about to explode. *The Ballad of the Blue Denim Gang* Click here for more information or to purchase this novel DURING A TIME of chaos, where brother rises against brother and the standards of civilization no longer exist; the government has become desperate for a way to restore hope. *The Vanished Child* Click here for more information or to purchase this novel The morning is shattered by screams for help. What the police find is the headless body of a young girl, violated, abandoned. So begins detective Louis Dillon's descent into hell. Ten years later, an ambitious young reporter re-opens old wounds, and begins to dig into the case which has been left open deep within the police files. What he finds is a web of corruption and deceit that ascends to the highest levels. Before he can stop it, he and his family are pulled into the maelstrom. He finds that no one can escape the grasp that reaches from the grave. The grasp of The Vanished Child. One Tenth of One Tenth of a Second (short story) Click here to download this story When a perfectly planned crime committed by the world's most infamous villain goes horribly wrong who can stop it? When one man tries, what can he do? Can he try to right what has gone horribly wrong? Can he stop the crime before it gets out of control? What can he do during "One Tenth of One Tenth of a Second?" BLOGS, REVIEWS AND OTHER ON-LINE WORK: Visit the Church of Cynicism (Bryan's "almost" daily opinion and humor column/blog) http://churchofcynicism.blogspot.com Check out Bryan's Jazz and Blues music blog: http://www.jazzandbluesnews.today.com Also, Bryan is a featured writer and columnist for Xomba.com Visit Bryan's take on Chicago sports twice monthly in Lumino Magazine. http://www.luminomgazine.com Find Bryan's serialized story Sin-Eater, available in installments at http://www.associatedcontent.com. Sin-Eater tells the explosive story of a man with a power that is also a curse. Grady has the ability to absorb and cleanse the souls of the recently deceased. How can a man save his own soul when he is so busy saving everyone else?