Written in the dawn of multiculturalism during the early to mid 1990s, Eidolons of Ecstasy is a ""poetical bildungsroman"" exploring the topics of self-discovery, sex, death, travel, politics and spirituality. The poems - a collection of quatrains, free and blank verse, epics, odes and more - illustrate the reaction to a sudden onslaught of information available to a generation who sought their tenets through movements as grunge, hip hop, the fall of a wall and the rise of the Internet.

Grand Shores is the ideal Midwest town - safe, affluent, unassuming. For Julius Keller, however, the thought of settling down in his hometown stirs painful memories and leaves him feeling trapped. When a local credit union is robbed, the news catapults the tranquil paradise into the media spotlight and forces Julius, along with his drug dealer and best friend Byron, to make a life-changing decision. Constantly hounded by the pressures of home life, and with a mysterious pursuer closely on their heels, Julius and Byron dart across America - embarking on a kaleidoscope of excess-induced...