Out of the Pool

In the season finale to Start Somewhere: Because Everyone Has To, Kynder and Myla must discover the secret behind footprints in the snow that never fade away.  It's a supernatural journey that will test them in ways neither can anticipate.

Bill drowns his sorrows in a high school swimming pool as he comes to grips with tragic news that will change his life forever.

One man's imagination will take him on a journey for love, alone in a Sit 'n Eat.

A scaly misunderstood creature in a fantasy world just wants to be friends with the world around him.  Will the citizens let him love them?

Muse: In ancient mythology any of nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; a provider of creativity.

After his girlfriend Karen leaves him, one easily distracted man will remain in place for as long as it takes to enjoy the world around him, regardless of who tries to talk him out of it.

Everyone has to start somewhere, even your humble host.  See the beginnings of Aaron Steinmetz in this whimsically awful short story written back in 1995, and enjoy my desperate attempts to revise it.  And as a bonus, check out the original version at my website complete with notes from the teacher whose advice is quite solid.  We should listen to her too.

Bad to worse is only the beginning of this maestro's problems in this bar story.  

When love presents itself, one man will delay, plan, doubt, resolve, and fear himself into an intellectual quandary guaranteed to secure him solitude until his dying day.  Enjoy this tragically true comedy about one man's failure to express himself in any meaningful way.

This urban fairy tale tells the story of a greasy fellow and his run-in with the love of someone else's life.