A collection of stories about transformations and magic. Why settle for being a boring old human when there are so many better things you could become instead? Six stories total, including two never before published stories Pizza Dragon Panic and Death of a Hare.Pizza Dragon PanicAn ancient witch attempts to escape from her underground prison, releasing a dragon made out of pizza onto an unsuspecting city. Three unlikely heroes must stand up, awaken their magical abilities and transform into heroes who can fight back against the witch.Learning With FoxyotesTony is just a normal second grade student trying to due a science report on the local ecology. When he attracts the attention of a magical trickster, he is offered help by way of experiencing the local environment in person so he can write about it in his report.Operation Field TripTony after having become an apprentice to the Trickster Kickaha has begun his magic lessons. He's been given an assignment to cause a little bit of playful mischief for his old teacher after she thought his biology report to be a work of fiction. It should have just been a little innocent fun, but magic seldom allows things to go as planned.Night of a Thousand MeowsA family takes a vacation to a nearly deserted island out in the middle of nowhere that no sane person would visit. But it was a good deal so they came anyway. The island is haunted by a werecat, which upon learning the son becomes determined to meet them and gain awesome shapeshifting powers of his own.Death of a HareThis is a story about a rabbit that dies. And everyone is aware of that and simply waiting for it to happen.So You've Just Become a WerewolfA helpful guide on what to do if you find yourself suddenly infected with lycanthropy. We'll teach you what supplies you'll need for your first transformation, what to expect, and how to deal with many of the common problems many first time werewolves experience.

Save the World...With Pizza?!After being struck and killed by a delivery bike, Kaito is given the opportunity to be reborn in an alternate world as one of three "hero" classes:1. A swordsman2. A magician3. A hero who saves the world with pizzaWhen the first two options are quickly taken, Kaito is forced to live his second life as a hero endowed with the power of pizza in a land of herbivorous elves...one of whom happens to be his new wife! What kinds of pizza-related adventures lie ahead for our High-Calorie Hero and his food-obsessed elf bride?

Dawn strolled over to another wall where a large, framed, penciled drawing presented a grinning skull, a transparent round pipe with smoke curling from it, and a horned skull with hollow eyes that appeared to be laughing at her, like the phantom of her nightmare. Devoid of color, gray and white swirls of smoke depicted illusionary demons-there were demons in the smoke. The artwork, a little on the dark side, seemed almost symbolic. She remembered a time, not so very long ago, when Preston City was the safest place to live. Then drugs became more than a troubling issue. Van Morrison and Bob Kaley invaded their town and death walked stealthily through the halls of their school, out onto their quiet streets. They had arrived in town at about the same time last year, a simple coincidence? Van Morrison, a drug pusher on the south side, Bob Kaley, a respected teacher in her school. It seemed unlikely the two would have any connection. Still, she had her suspicions. Dawn wondered if it was her imagination working overtime linking a social studies teacher to disreputable drug pusher.

Eleven-year-old Ian and his Vietnam veteran father have been homeless for years, but now his father has found a perfect place for them—an abandoned city courthouse with heat, plenty of bathrooms, and lots of exits and entrances. Then, two things happen that threaten Ian’s fragile security: his father disappears, leaving Ian to fend for himself with the survival skills he’s learned through the years, and Ian discovers that a local museum is mounting an exhibition of kites in the courthouse.Suddenly, Ian’s safe hideaway is filled with people—and with extraordinary, beautiful kites that spark Ian’s imagination and draw him out of his shadow existence. Will the kites be Ian’s downfall…or his salvation?

Visiting the new Jewel's Pizza Castle, the kids from Mrs. Jeeper's class begin to suspect that a fire-breathing dragon is doing the cooking

If it seems like everyone you know is playing Dungeons & Dragons, it’s because they are! After nearly five decades, the iconic roleplaying game is more popular than ever. Famous Hollywood actors and directors, therapists, educators, politicians, kids, parents, and grandparents all count themselves as fans. In Welcome to Dragon Talk, hosts of the official D&D podcast Shelly Mazzanoble and Greg Tito and their surprising guests show how this beloved pastime has amassed a diverse, tight-knit following of players who defy stereotypes. Shelly and Greg recount some of their most inspiring interviews and illuminate how their guests use the core tenets of the game in everyday life. An A-list actor defends D&D by baring his soul (and his muscles) on social media. A teacher in a disadvantaged district in Houston creates a D&D club that motivates students to want to read and think analytically. A writer and live-streamer demonstrates how D&D–inspired communication breaks barriers and empowers people of color. Readers will see why Dungeons & Dragons has remained such a pop culture phenomenon and how it has given this disparate and growing community the inspiration to flourish and spread some in-game magic into the real world.

Eric Long’s dad is a champion surfer. His mom is an artist, obsessed with Chinese dragons. On his 15th birthday, both of his parents’ interests collide and change everything he knows about the world. While on a surfing vacation with his father up near Santa Cruz, California, Eric has visions of a woman from Imperial China with the ability to control a dragon and the emperor who wanted to exploit her talent to fight a war. One foggy morning, Eric and a new surfing friend sneak down to see the off-limits Dragon’s Bluff beach near their motel, and he is rescued from drowning by a real-life dragon. This is the dragon of his visions! Now Eric realizes that those visions are the dragon’s memories. But why is he able to see them? Why is the dragon warning him to leave and never come back? Could Eric be a descendant of the Dragon Tamer? How dangerous will it be if he stays and tries to find the answers?