The Misadventures of Doc and Dirk, Volume III
By Dan Skinner
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He's a middle-aged, newly single, gay photographer starting life over. Along comes a freshly out nineteen-year-old, irreverent free spirit who wants to be his apprentice. Mismatched by more than a generation, what could possibly go wrong? Everything! And it's AWESOME!
Sex Dolls and Bad Dates: We’ve all had one of those dates where we think we've bitten off more than we can chew. The trick to know is Bite or Flight?
Dirk's Quirks: Everyone has idiosyncrasies; that's what makes us interesting. If you're lucky, you get a heaping helping and can share them with everyone.
Dan Skinner
I'm a single gay man living in the Midwest... I write because I consider myself to be an old-fashioned story teller. I've been a photographer for half my life specializing in male romance cover art. My dream is to one day live on the beach with my dog and continue to tell tales that inspire and entertain.
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The Misadventures of Doc and Dirk, Volume III - Dan Skinner
THAT DARN MUSE
(The Episodic Misadventures of Doc and Dirk)
BY DAN DOC
SKINNER
That Darn Muse, Volume Three
Smashwords Edition
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Published By: Dan Skinner at Smashwords
Copyright © October 2016
All Rights Reserved
Edited and Formatted By: Ally Editorial Services
Cover Art By: Gri Clover
That Darn Muse, Volume Three is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any Resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
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Table of Contents:
The Nutshell …and the Nut
Episode Five: Sex Dolls and Bad Dates
Random Dirkisms
Episode Six: Dirk’s Quirks
Coming Soon
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The Nutshell… and the Nut
He's nineteen years old, taller than me by four inches and less heavy by about fifteen pounds – even though I'm an avid runner. I figure it's my middle-age curse. It takes a lot more effort to be that lean. His hair is longish, rust-colored and will fall down into a classic set of bangs when the slightest breeze blows. He'll absently brush this back a half dozen times in the course of a conversation. Determining his eye color is impossible. They seem to change with whatever he's wearing but if I had to guess, I'd say closer to brown, maybe hazel. He's hardcore ADHD and moves as quickly as he talks. I've often compared our discussions to watching hummingbirds’ wings. His leg provides a constant drumbeat to a conversation beneath the table.
This is Dirk. I call him my muse.
He and I have come a long way to eventually become photographer/teacher and apprentice/muse, but I still remember distinctly the day I first saw him. It was winter. I was in a new gym right after I moved back to the city; I was lying on a mat facing a row of treadmills, doing my abs when he walked in with two of his buddies. They were all college-aged. He was hard to miss. His buddies were in workout clothes and he was in a pair of the baggiest sweats I'd ever seen – two sizes too big for him but cinched tightly at the waist, a sweatshirt covered by a loose yellow jacket. He had a stocking cap barely pulled over the crown of his head and it had a peak as high as Mount Everest. He had a backpack on as if he'd just come from school and he didn't bother to take it off as he climbed aboard the treadmill nearest me, plugged some ear buds in and began walking. He had a loose walk – that kind of gait that most guys get after a sudden growth spurt that makes their movements seem gangly and uncoordinated. He bobbed his head continually with what I suspected was the beat of the music but he was mouthing words I knew didn't belong to any song.
I hate this. I really hate this. Walking on a treadmill indoors is stupid.
It didn't sound like anything that even Lady Gaga could put to a beat, so I gathered he was really not enjoying being in a gym on a treadmill.
Truthfully, I