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At a young age, Shelly Campbell wanted to be an air show pilot or a pirate, possibly a dragon and definitely a writer and artist. She’s piloted a Cessna 172 through spins and stalls, and sailed up the east coast on a tall ship barque—mostly without projectile vomiting. In the end, Shelly found writing stories and drawing dragons to be so much easier on the stomach.

Shelly's tales are speculative fiction, tending toward literary with dollops of oddity. She enjoys the challenge of exploring new techniques and subject matter, and strives to embed inspiring stories in her writing and art. ...more

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	Gulf (Dark Walker, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 146 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Midnight From Beyond the Stars by Kenneth W. Cain (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Gabino Iglesias (Goodreads Author), James Newman (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 93 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Under the Lesser Moon (The Marked Son, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 85 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Making Myths and Magic: A Field Guide to Writing Sci-Fi and Fantasy by Shelly Campbell (Goodreads Author), Allison Alexander (Goodreads Author) 4.39 avg rating — 38 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Knowledge Itself (Sol Survivors, #1) by Shelly Campbell (Goodreads Author), Megan King 4.59 avg rating — 34 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Voice of the Banished (The Marked Son, #2) 4.52 avg rating — 33 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Breach (Dark Walker #2) 4.69 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2024 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seed (Dark Walker #3) 4.75 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2025 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Warrior Still 3.80 avg rating — 15 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Madness of People (Sol Survivors, #2) by Shelly Campbell (Goodreads Author), Megan King 4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Dark Walker (3 books)
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“You don’t have the balls for it. First gun in your face, you pissed your pants. That’s what happens when you try to be part of something bigger, David.”
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“You were loud, David, really loud. Something will come for you now, hungry like a magpie, ready to hollow out all your soft parts. And you can’t stop it.”
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“This is a city afraid of the dark. This is a place that banishes shadows because it knows that what likes to hide there is not the stuff of childhood nightmares but something tangible that’s coming for them.”
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