With his town running from one strange frontier to another as they elude their alien abductors, Aaron Walker is forced to risk all to fulfill his destiny. Would you do as well? Read "Riding the Devil" to see."Riding The Devil" is a science fiction / fantasy story with a western steampunk flavor, and is also available in the collection "More Things I Could Get OUT OF MY MIND." William Mangieri is a karaoke junkie, former theater student, and recovered wargamer who spends as much time wondering "what if?" as "why not?". He writes from Texas, where he and his family live at the mercy of the ghost of a nine-pound westie.William writes mostly speculative fiction (that's science fiction, fantasy and horror), although he also has a detective series with a soft sci-fi element (Detective Jimmy Delaney.) He completed writing his first novel (Swordsmaster) in 2019; prior to this, he has honed his skills on short fiction. He has been published in Daily Science Fiction and The Anarchist, and six of his stories have earned Honorable Mentions in the Writers of the Future contest.
