Life and death is our primary experience. "Birth to Death" is a collection of poems that explore the joys and pitfalls of the human life cycle from beginning to end. Drawing on the personal experiences of his mother's death, contracting cancer, and the death of a very close friend, all in the span of three years, Alex Ness poetically lays down the cycle of birth to death into words.

Sacred Ground comprises three features set during the tumultuous Pict Roman Wars. Written by Alex Ness, author of The Ravens of Odin, and profusely illustrated by Ed Quinby, the first story follows the movement of empire in the British Isles and a young soldier's rise thru the ranks. The second feature recounts the legend of warrior queen Boudicca from both the Celtic and Roman perspectives. Finally, Wrath of Caledonia is a poem in the epic tradition, told from the point of view of a German mercenary in the Roman army, who may have more in common with his enemy than his masters. Filled with...

"To paraphrase the famous words of the Three Great Shoguns of Japan:
'Little Bird - if you do not read this book, you will miss something good in the wind.'
In these stories and excerpts Alex and Josh show their deep interest in samurai, and approach the subject with the respect and sophistication due to the twofold Way of the pen and the sword."
-Sean Michael Wilson, author of manga versions of The Book of Five Rings and The 47 Ronin
"Stories as sharp as a samurai blade."
-Chris Bradford author of the Young Samurai...

Catastrophic Discoveries is not a book about great moments in science or exploration. It is a series of short stories and verse describing what happens when humanity discovers the children of Cthulhu living upon the Earth, and the curse of their existence here. Horror comes in many places, but when you are alone and find out humans are not alone upon this world, the only word that fits is catastrophe.