Short Story Collections

This is an experiment. A curious collection of short flash fiction, each story roughly less than 1,000 words. Some of them are from the author's notebooks and outlines for potential novels, novellas and longer works of fiction. Some of them were created just for this collection. All of them are strange, humorous, terrifying and intriguing. Author Bryan Alaspa says that this one is for the fans and compares this collection to a musical box set with a special bonus CD filled with B-sides, alternate takes and outtakes. This is like a peek into his notebooks for novels that are yet to be, mixed with strange stories about the end of the world and other terrors. This one, says the author, is for the fans and those who want more of an insight into the scraps and stories that become his novels.

***A SHORT COLLECTION OF TRUE STORIES ABOUT CRIME, MURDER, DISASTER AND DEATH*** For a time author Bryan W. Alaspa wrote non-fiction articles for the website Associated Content about murder, mayhem and disasters. The author has compiled some of his favorites for this short collection. Find out about the murder mystery from St. Louis that has never been solved and haunts police detectives to this day. Learn about the worst airline disaster in history that occurred on the island of Tenerife. Marvel at the Chicago disasters like the E2 nightclub, the porch collapse and the 1977 CTA crash. Recoil in horror at the tale of the Villisca Axe Murder House. All of this and more! These articles have been collected for the first time into one published volume with notes, introduction and conclusions by author Bryan W. Alaspa.

There are things that go bump in the night. Things that snake out of drains, hide under beds and creep around in closets. They watch you sleep. They wait for their moment and then...strike. Collected in here are several short stories from bestselling horror and thriller author Bryan W. Alaspa. Find out about the horrific vengeance against the town of Vermillion. Find out about the power a little girl has when she meets her grandmother. In another tale a ghost finds a friend, but hides a horrible secret. Venture into space with galactic police and listen in on a radio conversation between a killer and a radio host. These are stories that will make you afraid. They will make you jump. They'll make you wonder what that sound was just then. They will keep you awake From Midnight 'Til Dawn. ***This collection also contains the bestselling horror novella Strange Fruit and the Slender Man***

What happens when the night comes out? When the darkness comes in from the sides and closes in all around, what lurks within? BONUS: Foreward by Patrick C. Greene, author of Progeny and The Crimson Calling An elevator in a high-rise building becomes a gateway for terror and madness A German U-Boat during World War I becomes a haunted nightmare A radio signal in the middle of the night reveals the horrors lurking beneath a simple, small, peaceful town. A little girl with a best friend you would NOT want to cross finds herself in mortal danger. And a couple moving into a new house discovers an old abandoned well that may have no bottom, or it may just be a portal into Hell itself. These are tales of unrelenting horror and terror from the mind of Bryan W. Alaspa, author of RIG, Sapphire, Storyland, S.P.I.D.A.R. and other tales of horror, terror and suspense. Five stories that will make you wonder what lurks - when the night comes out.

***A COLLECTION OF STRANGE AND HORRIFYING SHORT STORIES*** Late at night, one man discovers another man who's mission it is to save the world every night - by dying. Another man, living a life of crime, finds out how much can happen in the time it takes a bullet to leave the barrel of a gun and find its target. Inside a prison, a guard faces off against the ultimate evil and is forced to look hard within himself. Another man, trapped inside his home hears something that will shatter his world When you face off against an evil that lurks within yourself, what will happen? One man discovers he brings tremendous luck - to everyone else. Finally, a bizarre murder in a technologically advanced society sends two cops down a rabbit hole. All of these tales written by the horror author of The Man From Taured, Storyland, Sapphire, The Revisionists and the horror fiction podcast When the Night Comes Out.