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    Like A Man
    Like A Man
    Like A Man
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    Like A Man

    By Stephen Alexander North

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    Prepare to be captivated by Like A Man—a powerful apocalyptic horror narrative, which offers a harrowing glimpse into a world on the brink of annihilation and tests the limits of courage, resilience, and what it truly means to be human. Follow, Rudy, a mobster's bodyguard, who finds himself trapped in a nightmarish scenario as the world around him crumbles.

    Florida Man Writes!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStephen Alexander North
    Release dateSep 9, 2023
    ISBN9798223584957
    Like A Man
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    Stephen Alexander North

    Stephen A North is the author of the Dead Tide Series, The Drifter Series of books, and a number of short stories.  He is a Florida native, has a BA in English Literature from USF, and is a former Army Reservist.

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      Like A Man - Stephen Alexander North

      Like A Man

      Stephen Alexander North

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      Stephen Alexander North

      Previous publishing history:

      Like A Man

      2012 by Wicked East Press in the anthology ‘Read The End First’ edited by Suzanne Robb

      Like A Man and Purchase Order #2113-21A

      August 28th, 2017 by Stephen A. North/ Cover art design by Alisha McGinnis

      Copyright © 2023 by Stephen Alexander North

      All rights reserved.

      No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher or author, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law.

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      Jamal ‘Morgue’ Luckett and Alisha McGinnis

      My thanks to Suzanne Robb for inviting me to write a story for ‘Read The End First’ anthology. The story ‘Like A Man’ would never have been written without the unique parameters for the stories included in that book.

      Praise for Like A Man

      "Like A Man begins like a scene from Scarface and evolves into an action packed invasion unlike anything I’ve read in any horror or sci-fi story. While not much is revealed about the character Rudy, he is someone I still rooted for. The description of the enemy is fantastic, and I wish North had saved such a creation for a novel, or even a novella, rather than such a brief thriller." -Astra Daemon’s Lair

      "This tale fits in well with his other stories with a rough and tumble main character

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