Steeped in raw, primal emotion, author James Daniel Walsh explores the natural and supernatural human experience in volume one of his epic Manic Expression anthology. This collection of stories weaves a tapestry of adventure, romance, comedy, drama, horror, and social commentary. The Pacific Coast city of Long Beach, California, is the backdrop for these eleven stories, which, together with volume two, becomes an epic saga of familes, friends, lovers, murderers, monsters, and gods.