"Shades of Grey" is an early collection of prose from the young author Derico Dabney. This book is comprised of two sections; "Premature Verbalizations" and "Progression Through Time". This is a book about transition. Mr. Dabney shows that transition in various ways; The first noticeable transition is the progression of the writing style from one section of the book to the next. This book proves to be a meer teaser of the many great things to come from this author.