The
Wraith
by
Bryan W. Alaspa
Genre:
Horror, Suspense, Thriller
***FROM
THE AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING THE MAN FROM TAURED COMES A COMPANION
NOVEL EXPLORING NEW DIMENSIONS OF HORROR***
The
tiny town of Knorr, PA, is one of those places where the walls
between this reality and others is very thin. It draws people from
all over the world and sometimes things slip through from our world
into others while sometimes things slip from other worlds into our
own. Nightmare things.
During
World War II an experiment was done using a steam engine to see if
entering another dimension could create instant transportation of
goods and men from one place to another. It unlocked a nightmare from
another dimension and only agents from the agency IDEA were able to
stop reality from unraveling. The train, known as The Wraith,
disappeared along with the scientist who built it.
Now,
in present day, a young man hears the distant sound of a train
whistle. The rundown train station at the end of the wooded path is
somehow regenerating. Plus, people in and around Knorr are acting a
little stranger than normal.
The
Wraith is coming back, but it's not coming alone. Will Knorr survive?
Will the universe?
Bryan
W. Alaspa is a Chicago born and bred author of both fiction and
non-fiction works. He has been writing since he sat down at his
mother's electric typewriter back in the third grade and pounded out
his first three-page short story. He spent time studying journalism
and other forms of writing. He turned to writing as his full-time
career in 2006 when he began writing freelance, online and began
writing novels and books.
He is the author of over 30 books of
both fiction and non-fiction and numerous short stories and
articles.
Mr. Alaspa writes true crime, history, horror,
thrillers, mysteries, detective stories and tales about the
supernatural.
GUEST POST
When the story is a struggle
People always
think it’s easy when you tell them you’re a writer. There are
people who like to tell you they could never write a novel. They used
to write poetry or short stories back in college, but they could
never write a novel. Yet, when you tell them you want to write for a
living or that your side job is being an author, they act like it’s
not a “real” job. Obviously, must be the thinking, if you can do
it regularly then it’s easy for you.
The best parts of
being an author are when the story does come easy. It doesn’t
happen all the time, but there are stories where it does. I am very
lucky to have been a writer who has had more stories come easy than
hard. It seems there’s always another story ready to tell its tale
to me so I can write it all down.
Then there are
times when either the stories don’t come or they come slowly and
with great difficulty. My latest novel was one of those. Well, it was
a unique one when it comes to the flow. The tale of a creepy-sounding
train whistle in the middle of the night being representative of a
ghost train coming back from - somewhere else. However, the nature
and form of the actual novel took more than a year to gel into my
brain. When it did, and I knew it was related in some way to novel
The Man From Taured and would be set in my favorite fictional town of
Knorr, PA.
I knew it would
be a long novel. I knew it would come close to matching The Man From
Taured which is my longest book. I had this feeling it would involve
the entire town this time around, not just a few residents.
Right in the
middle of writing this, I got the idea for a psychological thriller
which became Storyland - released in 2017. The story flashed hot and
fast and clicked perfectly. I tried to work on both novels at once,
but then Storyland took over. I then had to do rewrites on Storyland
and another book I had written while The Wraith sat there for a bit.
When everything
was done, I came back to The Wraith. However, this time the story
didn’t come quite as easy as it had when I started. The characters
were there and I still liked hearing the tales they had to tell, but
they weren’t talking to me as much as they were before. I forced it
and when you force it, kids, it’s never quite as good or
comfortable. I felt the ending got away from me and I finished it in
a blind rush.
Then the novel
sat there for another year. I worried I had forgotten to tie up a
loose ende. I worried about the rushed ending. I sent it to a Beta
reader for feedback, only to tell that reader to stop. Other stories
like The Revisionists came and went.
Then,
reluctantly, I dug up The Wraith and started editing it. To my
surprise, the story held together better than I remembered. Yes,
there were loose ends, but not quite as many as I thought there were.
I was shocked to discover The Wraith was worth saving.
Sometimes the
books come easy. Sometimes the stories flow like blood from a freshly
opened wound from a straight razor. Sometimes, from start to finish,
the story is there and it talks to me and never stops talking. I just
have to hold on and let the ride happen.
Sometimes you
have to work for it. Sometimes you have to tease the story out and
cajole the characters into talking. Sometimes you have to pound the
story into shape with your mental might.
That second one
is The Wraith and now I am so proud this story is out there. I love
that it is a brother or sister to The Man From Taured. I think it’s
weird and creepy and scary. I think you’ll like it.
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