Suspense Author Bryan W. Alaspa Announces Serialized Novel to Be Published Exclusively From Website

Oct. 9, 2013 - PRLog -- Thriller writer Bryan W. Alaspa is announcing that he intends to publish a serialized novel, called The Race, exclusively through his website. This is the first time the author has attempted to sell one of his books directly to his readers, via his website (www.bryanwalaspa.com) and social media platforms, without using an intermediary like Amazon, Barnes & Noble or Smashwords.

“It’s an experiment, definitely,” said the author from his offices in Chicago, Illinois.  “It’s like when a band has a CD and then sells it out of the trunk of their car at their gigs. I felt this story deserved something special, something different, and thought it lent itself to a serialized format. Then I started thinking that maybe I should make it something special for my fans, the people who follow me via Facebook and Twitter and through my website. We’ll see how it goes.”

Mr. Alaspa states on his Facebook page that he intends to treat the novel as if it were a text-only TV show. So, season one will be published in weekly installments first. Then season two would come some time later. The novel will be downloadable in PDF format via his website, with payments through PayPal. The cost has yet to be determined, but Mr. Alaspa states it will be reasonable.

The Race is a post-apocalyptic story set in a future world where the United States has ceased to exist. The wealthy dominate society, and the only way for anyone not born into wealth to move up is to win a dangerous cross-country road race. The race starts in Maine and ends in California, the only two parts of the old United States that still exist. In between, the drivers must battle each other, and survive the warring tribes and other hazards that now exist in the former United States.

“It’s my first post-apocalyptic story and I hope it will be a lot of fun,” said Mr. Alaspa.

About Bryan W. Alaspa

Bryan W. Alaspa is a novelist and writer that was born and raised in the Chicago area.  He has been writing in one form or another since he sat down at his mother’s electronic typewriter in the third grade.  He is the author of the following works of fiction: The Ballad of the Blue Denim Gange, The Vanished Child, Dust, RIG: A Novel of Terror, Gone, Sin-Eater: Book One, After the Snowfall: a Thriller, MYTHOS: A Thriller, Sin-Eater: Book Two - Destiny, Deklan Falls: One Against Many, The Dead Phone and Vicious.  He is also the author of the following non-fiction works: Ghosts of St. Louis: The Lemp Mansion and Other Eerie Tales, Chicago Crime Stories: Rich Gone Wrong, Chicago Disasters, Forgotten Tales of Illinois, Silas Jayne: Chicago’s Suburban Gangster, Sabotage: A Chronicle of the Chesterton Crash and Chicago’s Unsolved Crimes & Mysteries.  He is also the author of several collections of stories and essays such as Stories, Flashpoint: A Collection of Curious Beginnings and Endings and Why Hockey Sucks and Other Random Thoughts.