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Walking Worlds: A Short Story Collection
TAKE A WALK THROUGH WORLDS OF ADVENTURE.
Walking Worlds is a collection of eight action packed stories set in an assortment of genres. Each tale takes readers on a thrilling ride through a world of imagination populated with characters both serious and snarky. Whether facing vampires on Atlanta’s dark streets, raising a sword and shield against a hideous beast, or flying through the stars with a trusted team of Space Marines, every world you walk is sure to get your heart pumping. Included
MASKS (Urban Fantasy): When Atlanta based wizard Jackson Darke is forced to investigate a crime he has no business being involved in, he discovers a deadly relic that could spell disaster for him and his best friend.
THAT WHICH DOES NOT KILL (Superhuman Thriller): When the police need someone that bullets and bombs can’t kill, they call on security consultant Riley Hanks. Too bad being indestructible isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
ONCE UPON A TIME IN PURGATORY (Post-Apocalyptic): The Rapture came and went but it wasn’t exactly what the Bible said it would be. Nearly a century later, a man named Walker does what he must to survive in a world called Purgatory.
THIEVE’S TIME (Epic Fantasy): A beautiful young Mage in need. A curious thief with a penchant for trouble. A mysterious treasure locked high in a wizard's tower. How much trouble could it be?
ZERO BALANCE (Military Space Opera): Corporal Marcus Crowe and his team are shot down while responding to a mining colony in distress. What they find sends Crowe on a one man mission that could mean the lives of his fellow marines.
STEAK NIGHT (Urban Fantasy): One night a week, Nick Harper treats himself to a trip to his favorite steak house for a little quiet time. When a random vampire interrupts his weekly ritual, Nick finds himself in a fight for his life.
ONE NIGHT IN HEAVEN (Superhero): When the mysterious super-powered vigilante called The Dark crosses paths with Slate City Police Inspector Leslie Shapiro- a woman with secrets all her own –the resulting conflict threatens public safety and paves the way for a cold-blooded killer to escape for good.
THUNDER IN THE BLOOD (Epic Fantasy): Disgraced mercenary Hanlon Graycloak seeks out his dwarven friend Thorlin Ironbrow to help him fulfill a contract that both consider little more than a stroll through the forest. They soon discover that simple tasks can often hide deadly dangers.
Eight stories, eight settings, eight chances to get lost in a world not our own. If you like action fueled adventure with a heavy dose of the fantastic, then get your copy of C.Steven Manley’s Walking Worlds today!
Walking Worlds is a collection of eight action packed stories set in an assortment of genres. Each tale takes readers on a thrilling ride through a world of imagination populated with characters both serious and snarky. Whether facing vampires on Atlanta’s dark streets, raising a sword and shield against a hideous beast, or flying through the stars with a trusted team of Space Marines, every world you walk is sure to get your heart pumping. Included
MASKS (Urban Fantasy): When Atlanta based wizard Jackson Darke is forced to investigate a crime he has no business being involved in, he discovers a deadly relic that could spell disaster for him and his best friend.
THAT WHICH DOES NOT KILL (Superhuman Thriller): When the police need someone that bullets and bombs can’t kill, they call on security consultant Riley Hanks. Too bad being indestructible isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
ONCE UPON A TIME IN PURGATORY (Post-Apocalyptic): The Rapture came and went but it wasn’t exactly what the Bible said it would be. Nearly a century later, a man named Walker does what he must to survive in a world called Purgatory.
THIEVE’S TIME (Epic Fantasy): A beautiful young Mage in need. A curious thief with a penchant for trouble. A mysterious treasure locked high in a wizard's tower. How much trouble could it be?
ZERO BALANCE (Military Space Opera): Corporal Marcus Crowe and his team are shot down while responding to a mining colony in distress. What they find sends Crowe on a one man mission that could mean the lives of his fellow marines.
STEAK NIGHT (Urban Fantasy): One night a week, Nick Harper treats himself to a trip to his favorite steak house for a little quiet time. When a random vampire interrupts his weekly ritual, Nick finds himself in a fight for his life.
ONE NIGHT IN HEAVEN (Superhero): When the mysterious super-powered vigilante called The Dark crosses paths with Slate City Police Inspector Leslie Shapiro- a woman with secrets all her own –the resulting conflict threatens public safety and paves the way for a cold-blooded killer to escape for good.
THUNDER IN THE BLOOD (Epic Fantasy): Disgraced mercenary Hanlon Graycloak seeks out his dwarven friend Thorlin Ironbrow to help him fulfill a contract that both consider little more than a stroll through the forest. They soon discover that simple tasks can often hide deadly dangers.
Eight stories, eight settings, eight chances to get lost in a world not our own. If you like action fueled adventure with a heavy dose of the fantastic, then get your copy of C.Steven Manley’s Walking Worlds today!
226 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 13, 2017
About the author
C. Steven Manley
15 books36 followersThe man that most people just call 'Chuck' was born in the winter of the year of the summer of love to a couple of crazy kids from the deep woods of Alabama.
He came up the rough way, riding out his excessively dramatic home life on a steady diet of escapism courtesy of comic books, Sci-Fi and Fantasy novels, and any kind of TV show or movie that could show him a hero he could believe in, fictional or otherwise.
Straight out of high school, he joined the USAF and got out after only a single tour. He never wanted to be just one thing so he set about exploring the country and collecting skills, knowledge, and interests like a boxer collecting scars.
Eventually he settled into the healthcare world where he worked for well on thirteen years before getting disillusioned and burned out. Fortunately, a lovely young woman had taken pity on him by then and joined her life to his giving him beautiful children and the chance to stay home and care for them while writing his books.
There is irony in that because through all his life of seeking to not be 'one thing' and live a life filled with the road less traveled, he has always been a writer.
He has also always wondered why authors are expected to write these things in third person.
He came up the rough way, riding out his excessively dramatic home life on a steady diet of escapism courtesy of comic books, Sci-Fi and Fantasy novels, and any kind of TV show or movie that could show him a hero he could believe in, fictional or otherwise.
Straight out of high school, he joined the USAF and got out after only a single tour. He never wanted to be just one thing so he set about exploring the country and collecting skills, knowledge, and interests like a boxer collecting scars.
Eventually he settled into the healthcare world where he worked for well on thirteen years before getting disillusioned and burned out. Fortunately, a lovely young woman had taken pity on him by then and joined her life to his giving him beautiful children and the chance to stay home and care for them while writing his books.
There is irony in that because through all his life of seeking to not be 'one thing' and live a life filled with the road less traveled, he has always been a writer.
He has also always wondered why authors are expected to write these things in third person.
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