Gilbert Ackerman

Hey fam! Thanks so much for checking out my writing. I'm currently in the middle of releasing an anthology of nine short stories titled, The Way of All Flesh, with my friend, Dave Leake. The stories are released every other week on Friday, and have different protagonists based off of each of the Enneagram numbers. Here are the current stories released, and their corresponding Enneagram numbers.

Story 1, The Dagger - Enneagram 9
Story 2, The Tonic - Enneagram 5
Story 3, The Ritual - Enneagram 4
Story 4, The Wolfe - Enneagram 8 (by Dave Leake)
Story 5, The Mirror - Enneagram 7

To know more about the world in which these stories take place, please check out the description below.

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Edited by Bekah Stegner
Artwork by Kat Kelley

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The planet of Roas is dead and rotting.

The light of it's sun has become toxic, which has caused the planet to crack apart. Creatures born with the insatiable hunger to consume any living thing touched by sunlight have emerged from the rotting crust of the world, and have plagued Roas' inhabitants for thousands of years. To survive, life has adapted to the darkness of night, doing whatever it could to avoid exposing itself to the light. To this day, Roas sits on the edge of disintegration, and despite humankind's best effort to heal it, all life is slowly fading away.

These nine tales explore the lives of nine individuals that live on Roas. Some tales follow the hero, others the desperate, and others still the innocent and the traitor. In each story, the same core question is asked: Faced with the harsh reality of poisonous sunlight, ravenous monsters, and men with false smiles, is this world simply headed for oblivion? Or is there a sliver of hope to be found in the darkness?