So why "The Park"? Why a story about Super Heroes living in a trailer park, or "Mobile Home Community"?
Well, part of me wants to say, "Why the heck not?", but I suppose that is not really a good enough answer. After all, don’t we have enough "Super Heroes with a Twist" books out there? Aren’t there some really good story tellers out there doing nearly the same thing? Didn’t Alan Moore already write "Top Ten"? Isn’t there already a dozen good books out there about "Old Super Heroes living in modern times, and kicking butt Old Skoo...".
Yes...I suppose there are and, with no false modesty, written by writers who are far, far better than I am. But, this is the story I am here to tell. I am aiming for "Entertaining" and I will settle for "Consistent", and hope to avoid "Incontinent" and "Incoherent".
"The Park" to me is a lot bigger than my own, sometimes fragile, ego. It is about the life of some people I have come to care very deeply about, and these people are not all good, not all beautiful, not all knowing. These are the Working Poor. The Downwardly Mobile. The retired and the nearly forgotten. Their story needs to be told in a way that does not involve "Cops" (The TV Show) or the occasional Billy Bob Thornton movie, and keeps you, the reader, interested.
So...to keep you interested, I added some super powers.
I hope it works.
W.R. Printz, Feb. 08