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Publication Order of Sin-Eater Books

Publication Order of The Elementals Books

The Lightning Weaver (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Lord of Winter (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Rotate the Earth Books

The Drivers (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Starting Line (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of The Defender Books

Publication Order of Deklan Falls Books

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Flashpoint (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
Wreckage (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon
From Midnight 'Til Dawn (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
When the Night Comes Out (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
Red Graves (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Ghosts of St. Louis (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon
Chicago Crime Stories (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon
Forgotten Tales of Illinois (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon
Chicago Disasters (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon
Why Hockey Sucks and Other Random Thoughts (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon
Silas Jayne (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon
Sabotage (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
Chicago's Unsolved Crimes & Mysteries (2013)Description / Buy at Amazon
Hope (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
What Every Author Needs to Know About SEO (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Anthologies

Wrapped in Red: Thirteen Tales of Vampiric Horror(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon
Wrapped In White: Thirteen Tales of Spectres, Ghosts, and Spirits(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon

Bryan W. Alaspa is a renowned American professional author and freelance writer of fiction and nonfiction. Hailing from Chicago, he is known for writing horror, thriller, detective fiction, suspense, and mystery books. Alaspa is particularly famous for writing the Sin-Eater series, The Elementals series, the Rotate the Earth series, and the Deklan Falls series. He is also a writer of ebooks and nonfiction books. His obsessions for true crime has turned him into an author of true crime stories. Alaspa has lived his entire life in Chicago, except for the time when he was attending college in St Louis for 3 years. He claims that he has been writing his books and stories obsessively since he sat down at his mother’s typewriter during the 3rd grade. Alaspa had written his first story in the form of a 3-page, single paragraph manuscript and thought that it was better than the film Jaws.

Alaspa became so fascinated with the act of creating a story and characters that it felt to him like a drug. His interest lies in writing about dark stuff. Also, he is obsessed with thriller and horror fiction books. Alaspa has been involved in reading true crime for the past many years and he loves reading and listening to podcasts of true crime. In 1998, Alaspa ventured into self-publishing and has been publishing his books on his own since then. He has been releasing his books as Kindles since the early 2000s. From then on, Alaspa has penned numerous horror, suspense, thrillers, and young adult book series and releasing them under his label of Guffawing God publication. Alaspa also works with the publishers of small presses for publishing books based on disasters, haunted houses, murder, true crime, and many more.

Another interest of author Alaspa is researching & writing unsolved murder mysteries. Alaspa poses as a good samaritan by providing support to the needy authors and loves to help out his fellow independent writers and self-published novelists. He is always ready to interact with such authors and provide them all the support they need to flourish. Alaspa allows them to do guest blogging under his label and provide them an important platform to showcase their talents. He loves to be a part of blog tour as well. In addition to writing so many fiction & nonfiction books, Alaspa has penned several freelance materials also. He has been blogging for a long time and intends to make use of his blog to inform about his upcoming books and other author events to his fans. Author Alaspa was born as Bryan W. Alaspa in 1971 in Park Ridge, Illinois. He loves his hometown very much. Alaspa is looking forward to writing a lot many books in the years to come and entertaining his fans and supporters for as long as he can.

A widely popular series penned by author Bryan Alaspa is known as the Sin-Eater series. It is comprised of a total of 3 books released between 2007 and 2014. This series features the main character in the roles of Grady MacDonnell. Grady is described as belonging to the clan of sin-eaters. He makes attempts to run away from his fate, but doesn’t succeed. In the end, Grady MacDonnell is forced to work for the mysterious and shadowy organization that his forefathers worked for. As a sin-eater, Grady absorbs the recently deceased’s sins and attempts to save the lives of others. While carrying out his duties, Grady wonders how he can save his soul when all his time is spent on saving the souls of others. A successful book of this series is entitled ‘Destiny’. It was released as a Kindle book in 2011. This book opens by showing that Grady MacDonnell accepts his fate and becomes the recent one to take up the role of a sin-eater. His father and grandfather had fulfilled this duty before him and now, he is obliged to carry forward what his forefathers have been doing.

Grady’s father was the most powerful and one of the greatest sin-eaters. But, his death under mysterious circumstances several years ago forced Grady to take his position. When Grady comes to know about his fate, he hesitates and feels reluctant initially. But, as the story moves forward, Grady learns to come to terms with his destiny and begins working for the shadowy organization that his father was a part of. Meanwhile, Grady continuously wonders who are the people he works for and what ultimate goal they have. Also, he begins to suspect if they are good forces to consider. This novel is filled with heartache, supernatural powers, adventure, powerful characters, and an engaging storyline. It entertains the readers from start to end and makes them intrigued until the last page. It is liked by numerous readers all across the globe. Many fellow writers and critics have given rave reviews for this book and have spoken kind words about it on various literary platforms.

Another excellent novel of this series is known as ‘Renegade’. It was published by the Guffawing Dog Publishing in 2014. Once again, Grady McDonnell is mentioned as performing his duties as a sin eater. He is among those who absorb the sins and cleanse the souls the recently dead people. A mysterious organization called Organization has hired him to carry out these duties. As Grady’s father was also employed by the same organization, he is given his father’s place after the latter’s death. As a part of his job, Grady McDonnell is sent to different parts of the world and cleanse souls. After working sincerely for some time, Grady begins to ask questions and this is not appreciated by the Organization. Whenever Grady arrives at any place, he wonders why he was sent there particularly. Later, Grady McDonnell comes to know that the Organization repeatedly hires special people to become sin-eaters and he is also one of the special people.

One of the recently hired sin-eaters starts killing people instead of cleansing their souls and turns into a renegade. This brings a great shock to the Organization. They decide to form a team of specialists for tracking down and neutralizing the renegade. Grady McDonnell also finds a place in the team that is comprised of clairvoyants, psychics, and a mysterious lady who has the power to summon the guardian angel of hers. The journey takes the team to different corners of the world and finally brings them to Alaska, where they learn that a strange man is hiding a deadly secret. While carrying out this mission, Grady learns about different other activities of the Organization, some of which prove harmful for mankind.

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