A young man in a dark city is about to discover an entire hidden world consisting of all the creatures and beings once thought to be myth. This is the world of summoners; and Crowe is thrust into the very core of it as he is chosen by the long hidden Shadow Dragon and thus forced to be a guardian of the world. Together they must fight, grow, learn, and love in order to achieve full power to be ready for any challenge and to overcome the past. Unfortunately for them, however, the past sometimes has a hard time letting go... Cover art is: Nami Dragon's Magic Circle by: Nami Dragon, aka Aniva Leung, from DeviantArt.

Chasing your dream after the apocalypse. “After All” appears in Richard Lange’s short story collection, Sweet Nothing. “What comes across is the human animal’s capacity for perseverance in the face of failure. . . . You know you’re in the hands of an expert.” —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Sweet Nothing

Rosie Alder-Pembrook isn’t planning on letting her ultra-feminist club get shut down due to the senior class council’s budget cutbacks (and to be honest, it’s kind of killing her senior year buzz). But when it seems that the only way to revive it is to strike a deal with the semi-sexist/mostly ignorant Class Council president, Peter Bevan, to help him fix what he broke with ex-girlfriend/real life Barbie doll, Ella Hall, she’s made to wonder if it’s quite worth selling her soul over. And so, alongside her best friend, (who she’s sure wasn’t always this hot) a group of angry teenage feminists, and the outlandishly willing drama department, Rosie embarks on a mission to reclaim her beloved club – at whatever the cost.

A smile crossed Death's cold, skeleton face. "Looks like you're out of a job," he told her. The angel looked up at him, shocked. "I-it's not as easy as it looks," she insisted. [A compilation of short stories that are sometimes about life, but mostly about Death.]