Uniquely alone and infinitely cynical, Shawn discovers a rare opportunity. The chance to visit and relive his own childhood. Thrown trough space and time, he rekindles the faded embers of his youth, in turn changing the course of his future. Crippled by anxious thoughts and irratic behavior, he has accomplished very little as an adult. Given a second chance, will he continue down the same path of mediocrity or make something of himself. As certain doom lurks around every corner of Shawn's mind, he struggles to find purpose in an otherwise meaningless existence. While fate lingers closely behind, Shawn begins to realize that he is the only living soul standing between humanity and certain destruction. What is a professional slacker to do? Find out in Second Grade Cynic: or How to change the end of the world. A novel by Joshua S. Miller