Short Stories/Novellas
A private detective, secure in his beliefs in how the world works, has his life shattered the day his former partner is found dead. The police say it's a suicide, but he knows different. Against the wishes of the cops he starts to ask questions. He soon finds himself lost in a world of cults, murder and ancient evil. The world as we know it is about to change. And the detective wonders if he will be able to figure out why his friend died, and still hold on to his sanity. An ancient evil is about to surface in 21st century society. Who will be left alive?
A Terrifying Novella of 23,000 wordsChicago, 1957. Two sisters, the Haines sisters, have gone missing and the entire city is in an uproar. As word of their disappearance spreads across the country, two police detectives are assigned the arduous tasks of finding them alive, or bringing their bodies home. However, as the two hardened cops begin to investigate, they soon find that things are not as cut and dried as they thought. This is not a simple kidnapping. Something ancient, primal and utterly terrifying is at work here and nothing that they have ever known will ever be the same again. Something has lured them into a terrifying trap that will destroy their minds, take their souls, and leave the rest of the world baffled.
***A TERRIFYING SHORT STORY OF 6,000 WORDS*** They're building homes in the place where Gemini Labs used to be. Nice ones, but the land there, they say, is cursed. Cursed because of the experiments the scientists at Gemini used to do. Hushed experiments. Things done to animals, for example. Now, as the men show up for work, something waits for them. Something that has been hunting beneath the harvest September moon. Something with teeth. Something that growls. Hungers. Perhaps even more terrifying than that - something that thinks as it hunts.
**A YOUNG ADULT SUPERNATURAL SHORT STORY OF ABOUT 5,000 WORDS** Angelica is like any normal teenage girl, except for one thing. She happens to be the latest in a long line of Hoodoo witches. When her father dies unexpectedly, she and her mother are forced to move in with her grandmother. What she finds there is a whole new world of power, magic and horror. A shorty story about coming of age, learning your place in the world, and accepting the abilities that you've been given.
A SHORT SCI-FI STORY AND FIRST IN A SERIES Detectives Watt and Ware are part of the Space Authority, stuck in a space police cruiser day in and day out they dispense justice to a human race that has spread across the universe. On this particular day they are sent to the rundown space station Nexus 18 to pick up a fugitive named Moll. Ware is armed with his trusty sidearm while Watt uses his phone outfitted with a seemingly unlimited number of apps for every situation. It should be a simple job. It's not... A short sci-fi story and the first in a planned series of shorts to feature Watt and Ware this is author Bryan Alaspa'a first real foray into real science fiction. Fun, fast and a bit of a nod to the Doctor Who tales that have always been one of his passions, The Space Authority: Fugitive on Nexus 18 is one you cannot miss.
**A TERRIFYING SHORT STORY OF ABOUT 8,000 WORDS** Jack Handle is a man going places. He's got the number one overnight radio talk show in Milwaukee and now there's been rumors he's moving on to a big network job in Chicago. Every night he shows up to rail against his political foes and argue with callers. The city, meanwhile, is in the grip of fear as the man the press has dubbed The Milwaukee Ripper has been sneaking into homes, kidnapping women, torturing them and dismembering them. It's terrifying the city, but perfect fodder for Jack to scream against local city government. But tonight, something is going to happen when Jack answers a phone call. He says he's the Ripper. Jack has to stay on the phone with him for a solid hour, any topic is fair game, or a girl dies. This may be the biggest night of Jacks' life. Or the last. A terrifying and thrilling short story from the author of Vicious, RIG, Sapphire, Rotate the Earth and The Lightning Weaver.
**A TERRIFYING VAMPIRE SHORT STORY OF 5,000 WORDS** The town of Vermilion, Illinois, is dying. Some say it's cursed from an evil that happened a hundred years ago. Set on a tiny spit of land in the middle of the Mississippi River, it is connected to land only by a tiny bridge - and now the flood is going to wipe the rest of it away. The residents there cling to the idea they can save the town, until the rains come. They gather, deciding to leave, only to find that someone, or something, has come to finally seek retribution for the great evil of a hundred years. Something that seeks blood. Something that has cut them off from land. From suspense and thriller author, Bryan W. Alaspa, Vermilion is a vampire tale unlike anything you've seen before. Previously only available in the anthology Wrapped in Red and the short story collection From Midnight 'Til Dawn, this terrifying tale of blood and retribution is available as a Kindle Single!
**A Terrifying Short Story from Author Bryan W. Alaspa** Mark Peterson is a famous lecturer, author and skeptic. He believes that the universe is what you see. His brother, however, has gone the opposite direction, becoming famous for his adventures with the paranormal. They are worlds apart, but when Mark's brother is found catatonic on a Chicago street outside a building with a shady past, he wonders what went wrong. Inside his brother's pocket the rules for a game: The Elevator Game. A game that will supposedly unlock a gate into an alternate reality. Nonsense, of course...right? Mark has to find out and risk his own sanity. It's only a game...isn't it?
***A TERRIFYING NOVELLA OF 22,000 WORDS***The man and his wife move into the old home, excited to start their new life. What they don't know is that the Mitchell house is home to a dark secret. A dark secret of evil and destruction which lurks out back - in the well.A terrifying novella of satanic supernatural suspense from horror and thriller author Bryan W. Alaspa, creator of RIG, Strange Fruit and the Slender Man, Gone, The Man from Taured and other bestselling horror and thriller novels.
***A HORRIFYING HISTORICAL SHORT STORY BY THE AUTHOR OF RIG, THE MAN FROM TAURED AND VICIOUS*** In the early days of World War I, U-42 rolls off the line to serve Germany in the effort. However, it has tasted blood before it enters the water. Accidents during building and testing have already killed dozens. Now, with a full crew and on a mission to sink ships along the coast of the United Kingdom, it prowls the seas - and it's hungry. The beleaguered captain records what he sees and he has a desperate plan that could save the world. Because U-42 seems insatiable. It may never stop. The crew may not survive. The choice is between sacrificing themselves, or a state of permanent war in the oceans of the world. THE U BOAT is a terrifying historical novel by thriller and suspense author Bryan W. Alaspa that will chill you to the bones and keep you up late at night.
***A TERRIFYING SHORT STORY OF ABOUT 15,000 WORDS*** Hanley is the Town Time Forgot. The main street still looks like it did in the 50s. There's a thriving local grocery store, hardware store, clothing stores and downtown area. No big box stores. It has been this way. It has always been this one. Then, one night, an 18-year-old-man hears something truly terrifying over the radio. Something that has to be a nightmare. Could not possibly be real. Hanley, Illnois, it seems, has made a deal. A deal to keep things as they are and always have been. Something that requires sacrifice. Something that brings terrifying screams. ...and then silence.
***A SHORT STORY OF 8,000 WORDS*** Marlena's family lives in a very dangerous town at a very dangerous time. Her daddy does a very dangerous job. That's OK, though, because her family is friends with Kai. Kai is her best friend - and Kai is very, very, very big. He protects them. Then, the bad men come and hurt her daddy and take her away. Marlena's not worried. Kai is coming. Kai will save her. And God help the men who took her and hurt her family, because nothing can stop Kai. Nothing. A short story or horror and revenge - and a little girl's best friend.
**A TERRIFYING AND CREEPY SHORT STORY OF ABOUT 10,000 WORDS** Simon says there’s a staircase in the middle of the woods. Just an average wooden staircase in the middle of the woods in South Dakota. His friend says this can’t be possible. So, Simon has to show him. Just a staircase that has no reason to exist. Wooden stairs going up to a weird shimmering – something. The thing is, staircases go up, but they can also come down. They can always come down. A short story of spine-chilling terror and unrelenting creepiness from the author of The Man From Taured, The Revisionists, Sapphire & RIG.
**A TERRIFYING SHORT THRILLER BY THE AUTHOR OF THE MAN FROM TAURED AND RIG** Frank Tanner has found a new obsession since his wife left. He grows orchids. His flowers are prize-winners. They're gorgeous. He likes winning. Then Myron Bannister shows up with flowers so dazzling and colorful they defy imagination. Now Frank has a new obsession. It has to do with the little man with the strangely beautiful flowers instead of his own orchids. An obsession which is growing. An obsession which may soon lead to a nightmare for Frank. A tale of just over 9,000 words about obsession, the desire for revenge, murder...and orchids, from the thriller author of RIG, Gone, S.P.I.D.A.R., When the Night Comes Out, and The Revisionists.
Kiersten’s just a hard-working lawyer who loves to shop yard and garage sales for a bargain. However, she gets a lot more than she bargained for the night she stops at a yard sale held by a woman and her weird, mysterious, grandmother. She finds a very old ornate box and within is a pair of very old sunglasses. She’s told they’re probably the oldest sunglasses she’ll ever find. Except that when Kiersten puts these glasses on, it does more than block out the sun. They’re coming now. They can see her. And they’ll come right through Kiersten to get into our world. A short story from the author of The Revisionists, The Man From Taured, Sapphire, RIG and Storyland.
A husband and wife having troubles within their marriage. A visit to a small town. The discovery of a bizarre small town library with a door leading to a hidden room at the top of the stairs. A mysterious man who may, or may not, be entirely human. The revelation of books which hold...secrets. Intimate, private, secrets of everyone who has ever existed and ever will. A creepy, terrifying, mind-bending novella of 25,000 words from the author of The Man From Taured, RIG, Sapphire and Storyland. If you could read the thoughts of anywhere, anywhere, and at any time, what would you do? Who could you trust? What horror lie within the human mind?
A group of soldiers in the heat of World War I are sent to a small village in France. Days ago, a plane reported they saw a group of German soldiers entering the village. The group has never been seen nor heard from again. The mission: find out what happened and what’s going on in the village. What happens next is a nightmare which puts the horrors of the Front to shame. Something evil. Something primal. Something from man’s most primitive nightmares stalks the bombed-out lands during the planet’s biggest war. From the author of RIG, The Man From Taured, The Revisionists, The Wraith and other novels of horror comes a novella of pure supernatural horror.
**A HORRIFYING SHORT STORY BY THE AUTHOR OF THE MAN FROM TAURED** Stockboro Island is located just off the coast of Maine. Idyllic, peaceful. A tourist attraction during the summer months. When a biological disaster on the mainland begins to spread across the globe, the residents watch in fear. What will happen to them when they can’t communicate with the mainland? More importantly, what happens if the mainland tries to reach out to them? The residents of Stockboro will need to make some very hard decisions quickly. How far will they go to protect themselves? Their island? How far will they go to keep their island a safe haven? A short story eerily reminiscent of today’s headlines. Safe Haven is a horrifying short story about how far people will go to keep their way of life safe.
**A TERRIFYING THRILLER NOVELLA FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE MAN FROM TAURED** 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 nothing about this disappearance is normal. It’s as if she has never existed. Weeks later, a nude young woman appears. She claims to be the girl who vanished. She has all of the right markings and memories. But who is she? How can she be who she claims to be? The two detectives are baffled. If the story this young woman says is true, then everything anyone has known about reality itself is wrong. Then the true nightmare begins. A terrifying thriller novella combining mystery and horror from the author of The Man From Taured, Sapphire, Vicious, Storyland and Black River.
****A NOVELLA OF UNRELENTING HORROR APPROX. 16,000 WORDS**** Bo and Cherie are monsters. Two star-crossed lovers tossed together by fate ending in a brutal killing spree. It started with Cherie's family and now the two have gone cross-country killing as they go. So far, their tally is 11. Then, one night, they come across something very strange - a castle in the middle of nowhere. Needing shelter, food and to kill some more, the couple approach this strange, massive, building in the wilds of the panhandle of Texas. Inside are two siblings - a brother and a sister. Then the horror starts. The true terror begins. A novella of horror featuring torture and lots of blood, by the author of The Man From Taured, Black River, The Revisionists, Storyland and RIG. This is a story unlike any he has told before. You have been warned.
***A SHORT STORY OF ABOUT 6,000 WORDS*** Private James DeWitt is supposed to have an easy job. The Second World War is over, but now he has to guard prisoners charged with war crimes.In fact, he is to guard one particularly special monster, responsible for some of the worst crimes of the war. However, he soon finds out that if you let evil whisper to you, sometimes things reveal themselves. You find staring into the horror causes it to stare right back into you. A psychological thriller short story from the author of The Man From Taured, Storyland, Sapphire and the podcast When the Night Comes Out.
****A TERRIFYING THRILLER SHORT STORY OF APPROX. 7,000 WORDS*** A man has spent years hidden away in this apartment. Suffering from delusions and other mental illnesses, he spend his days cleaning - and listening. The walls of the apartment building are paper thin. When a new neighbor moves in, he becomes a close friend, but when her new love interest starts showing up, the warning signs begin. A tense edge-of-your-seat thriller in the spirit of Rear Window and other Hitchcock stories, from the author of The Man From Taured, Storyland, Sapphire and other thrillers.
***A TERRIFYING SHORT STORY OF APPOX. 5,000 WORDS*** A man in the heat of battle runs into a stranger. A stranger in the shadows who tells him a terrifying tale. A tale of conquering, bloodshed and death. As the night wears on the tale grows more horrible. More terrifying. If what this stranger says is true, then the world will quake. A terrifying short story from the author of The Man From Taured, Sapphire, Storyland and writer of the podcast When the Night Comes Out.
***A THRILLER NOVELLA OF APPROX. 25,000 WORDS*** Wes Crain has been found brutally murdered in an abandoned apartment building. Wes Crain is a man many consider to be a colossal pain in the rear. Boorish, rude and potentially violent, he is unliked almost universally by everyone who knows him. There are few who will mourn his passing. One group of friends know the truth of who and what Wes Crain was. Their friend Carol has been dating him for some time. Every one of them has a terrible story of Wes. Then, they discovered the true nightmare hiding behind the man's face. A novella of mystery and murder. In the end, what's a little bit of murder when it's Among Friends? A thriller novella of 25,000 words by the author of The Man From Taured, Sapphire, RIG and other horror tales.
***A NOVELETTE OF APPROX. 15,000 WORDS*** It was a rainy morning, just another day at work for those working in the Gemini Tower. Near the top, no matter how cloudy it got lower to the streets, the sun was still out for those up in the sky. That day, thick, low, clouds and fog rolled in, cutting off those at the top of the building from the ground. What happens next is an unimaginable horror. Something sinister. Something alive. Something very hungry, has arrived and it is determined to devour everything in its path. A terrifying horror story from the author of bestselling horror thrillers such as The Man From Taured, Storyland, Sapphire, Vicious, RIG and creator of the horror fiction podcast When the Night Comes Out .