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    The Misadventures of Doc and Dirk, Volume I
    The Misadventures of Doc and Dirk, Volume I
    The Misadventures of Doc and Dirk, Volume I
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    The Misadventures of Doc and Dirk, Volume I

    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!
    Dirk's First Time. Every gay boy has his first experience. Usually it's a memorable, exciting personal time of discovery and intimacy between two young people. But two comic book characters? Is it horseplay or Cosplay?
    The Boy At The Gym. First impressions can be deceiving. Sometimes that boy in the baggy clothes, talking to himself in the gym isn't as shy as he appears. Sometimes there's a deviant imp lurking beneath that freckled mask of innocence. Beware the Trojan Nerd!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDan Skinner
    Release dateAug 15, 2016
    ISBN9781370428915
    The Misadventures of Doc and Dirk, Volume I
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    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 I - Dan Skinner

      THAT DARN MUSE

      (The Episodic Misadventures of Doc and Dirk)

      BY DAN DOC SKINNER

      That Darn Muse, Volume One

      Smashwords Edition

      * * * * *

      Published By: Dan Skinner at Smashwords

      Copyright © August 2016

      All Rights Reserved

      Edited By: Ally Editorial Services

      Formatted By: BJS Cover Design & Formatting

      Cover Art By: Gri Clover

      That Darn Muse, Volume One 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.

      All rights reserved under the International and Pan-American Copyright

      Conventions. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the author, Dan Skinner.

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      Criminal copyright infringement, including infringement without monetary gain, is investigated by the FBI and is punishable by up to 5 years in federal prison and a fine of $250,000 (http://www.fbi.gov/ipr/). Please purchase only authorized electronic or print editions and do not participate in or encourage the electronic piracy of copyrighted material. Your support of the author’s rights and livelihood is appreciated.

      For everyone who likes to smile.

      Table of Contents:

      The Nutshell …and the Nut

      Episode One: Dirk’s First Time

      Random Dirkisms

      Episode Two: The Boy at the Gym

      Coming Soon

      Also by Dan Doc Skinner

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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.

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