A Picture is Worth...

Well, Thursdays are becoming Mondays and Tuesdays for getting a prompt pic up. (Let's all wish Deb at Dark Divas a speedy recovery! We miss her there and it adds to my erraticness here. Is that even a word? It is now.)

I liked this young man sitting by the water, playing his, um, his what? Tell me who he is, what he's playing, and whatever else you can work into a ficlet or an excerpt. A hundred to a thousand words works best. More than one story per pic allowed, because there are so many fabulous imaginations roaming around. We've been getting some super excerpts lately.  I'll post it here, with covers, blurbs, news, and links.