Bryan W. Alaspa

A compendium of Chicago's unsolved crime and mystery stories, including the never-published tales of the Toynbee Tiles and the Max Headroom incidents. Chicago, Illinois, is a historic city filled with mystery. In these pages, you will learn about some of the most famous Chicago mysteries that, to this day, still have no answer. Who caused the Great Chicago Fire of 1871? Read about Al Capone and the Valentine's Day Massacre, the Smiley Face Murders, and the many people who have gone missing. From the very beginnings of the city to today, mysteries abound within the Windy City. People disappear, UFOs are spotted over O’Hare International Airport, pranksters interrupt television broadcasts, and the bodies of a notorious serial killer’s victims are still being sought. All of these tales, and more, are here to tantalize your mind, haunt your dreams, and keep you guessing.

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.

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.

What happens when the night comes out? When the darkness comes in from the sides and closes in all around, what lurks within? BONUS: Foreword 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 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.