Steve Saylor
Joined November 2009 and calls stevesaylor.net home.
75 stories, 22 challenges, 66 comments, and 12 friends
Steve Saylor is currently a Student at Humber College in the Radio Broadcasting program. Steve is a New Media Specialist and has worked in this field since Spring of 2005.
Steve has either been a producer or a host of several media projects which have allowed him to work with Industry Professionals such as Leo Laporte, Amber MacArthur, Andy Walker, and Alex Albrecht. His experience in New Media has provided skill sets in Community Building and Creative Consulting. He also has Technical talents in working with HTML, CSS, RSS, Blogging and Content Management Systems, audio & video editing, and Web/Print Graphics Designing; just to name a few.
Steve is also talented in the Creative Arts as well. Starting with an acting background from when he was a child, Steve has embraced all aspects of being Creative in Writing, Acting (Vocal and Performance), and Storytelling. He uses all of those talents in working in New Media, and loves coming up with new and creative ways of producing content for Online and Offline use
Stories
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Li'l Cap'n America
Tommy wanted nothing more than to be Steve Rogers. Who’s Steve Rogers? Well you don’t know your comic books now do ya? Steve Rogers is known by a different name: Captain America. Tommy was only 10, and yet he knew everything there was to kn...
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I sick :(
Let me tell ya, nothing is worse and yet most fun when you were a kid than being sick on a school day. Yeah it sucks that you don’t feel well, but think of all the cool stuff you get to do! I remember my favorite time being sick was when I was ab...
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Is she the one?
He stood there and watched her. Watched her as the goon, and therefore the unwanted one, opened the door for her. Is she the one? Are you there? He stopped himself. No. No she isn’t the one. Too…too rough. Too hard. He stood in the shadows hung...
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Leaving home
Lee Jenkins walked away from his childhood home fighting back tears as he knew deep down he was never going to see his family again. It wasn’t the way his Pa acted, it was he could understand things far beyond his age. “You have the wisdom of an ol...
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Free at Last
The sudden rush of fresh air filled Scott’s nostrils. The small tiny hairs of his nasal cavity had not touched fresh air in over 3 years, at least free air. Scott Wilde walked down the fenced walkway to the main gate of what will be his former home. ...
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King's Gambit
“Damn your rules and regulations!” Sargeant Will Farmer screamed while standing in the General’s office. “I don’t give a flying frak about saving face, one of my men was killed tonight, and….” “…and...
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Landlord
He stood there by the window looking at what should’ve been his. But like all things that was his, it was taken away. Oh he still owned the world, but it didn’t have his name on it, and he knew it. It had a different type of name on it. Something t...
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The Morning After
Leaning over the pier she stared out at the morning dawn over the Pacific Ocean. He walked up quietly behind her holding two coffees. “No sugar right?” She turns around, “Yeah thanks,” she smiled as she grabbed the warm cup and ...
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The 39 - Day One
Officer Ryan Mcleod slowly walked forward, gun raised. “We know who you are!” Ryan’s voice echoed in the lower storage compartment on the Haven Colonial Cruiser. No answer replied back. “We know who you’re with!” Ryan called out again, “C...
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Mayor's lament
It’s not easy being mayor of this city. It wasn’t always like this, fighting in the streets, property damage in the millions, the entire world knowing who you are and what city you’re mayor of. Oh sure, the entire world thinks this wo...
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The Survivor - Part II
Patient ID # 58550-07 stood in his room waiting for his meds. Thomas, his former name, looked down at his clothes, they were white. He hated that colour. He wanted to rip it off and break out of his room, go out the exit and catch the next off-world tr...
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Cold heart
“What are you doing here?” Adam turned his head to see it was Rachel standing behind him as she often did when he was working. “Just watching,” Rachel replied. Adam continued to work on the cadaver in front of him, preparing the...
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Outskirts Diner - Part 3
“Put the knife away Damien!” Jennifer screamed as she gripped me tight in front of her. “Shut up Bitch! Can’t you tell I love you!” Damien screamed. I finally noticed his blood shot eyes. He had been without sleep for the ...
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Outskirts Diner - Part 2
I knew after thinking about it that as soon as he walked in on a cold stormy night, that this wasn’t going to end well. It’s like what you see in story books and movies. He looked innocent enough, but the look of fear in Jennifer’s ey...
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Oh Canada!
It was a surprisingly warm winter evening in February. We were dressed in our Sunday best, red and white. The snow crunched under our feet as we walked across the parking lot, saying sorry to the driver who we didn’t realize we were in his way. E...
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Outskirts Diner - Part 1
Owning a diner on the outskirts of town, you learn a lot. Always have extra toilet paper for the washrooms, keep a clean counter, and always have time to listen to customers. Sure I may not look the part, but I have many stories to tell. This one time,...
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Snore
“IT” happened. I’m not talking about the tiny “it” that crawls around your ceiling in the middle of the night freaking out the poor defenseless student below. I’m not talking about the Medium size “it” th...
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Web Surfer
Surfing the Tubes of Cyberspace like a Surfer taking a massive wave going “Woah, totally awesome dude.” The waves of the Interweb begins to curl up around my keyboard, As the wave is hitting it’s apex at the absolute height of it̵...
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The Rusted Locket - Part IV
As the Buncle brothers would say, Wit would make an alcoholic want to get into rehab, the way he was drinking tonight. Wit was pounding shot after shot of Rusted Whiskey to the point where I only had one bottle left in my pantry. “I’m cutti...
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True goodbye
I’ve never been one for goodbyes when a “See you later” would suffice. But when you know it’s a true goodbye….. “Is she there?” Astronaut Ken Watson said in his headset. He was supposed to come home tomorrow af...
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The phone call
He sat in silence, not sure whether to get angry or let the tears flow. He decided against the latter and immediately punched a hole right into his wall. Jason could hardly believe the news, his dad has terminal cancer. “What was that?!” Ja...
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Mistaken
The clinking of keys hitting metal didn’t distract Paul from his thoughts. Derek, the reporter, and Bill, the police chief, both walked into the outer cell. Derek thought he looked calm. Paul was sitting with his arms resting on his legs, his hands c...
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Jumbo Video - 20 years later
I exited my dad’s Ford Focus late on a Tuesday night. We entered the Jumbo Video that I enjoyed when I was a kid. It wasn’t as big as I remember, but then I wasn’t as small as I remember. The place had changed. It still had the Jumbo ...
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Gallows Pole - Part 2
The small crowd gathered to see the execution. They were planning on seeing this even though a storm was just about upon them. Women in fancy dresses held their umbrellas with laced gloved hands making sure that the rain would not soak their designer g...
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Gallows Pole
The silent rumbling of thunder and the loud crack of lightning woke the prisoner from his slumber. It was dawn and today was the day of his execution. He sat chained from his wrists to the cold stone wall. Out the window of his cell he saw the gallows ...
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The biggest ditch
Paul sat, and sat, and sat. He didn’t really like to be immobile for long periods of time. He sat at the bottom of the Grand Canyon just to see the differences weather can make on the biggest ditch. He really didn’t get the joke behind the nickname...
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Ode to Jumbo Video
I exited my parents Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme gripping my Gift Certificate to Jumbo Video tightly. I won it the night before at a St. Catharines Falcons Hockey Game. It was the first time I won anything and I was excited. My family and I entered the g...
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Late night conversations
Growing up with a brother there are certain bonds that grew with my parents. I would relate more to my dad and my brother would relate more to my mom. Then somehow the bonds meshed into one. I blame my sister for the changeover. hehe. No the real momen...
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Repentance - Part VI
In a flash of light Gabriel appeared in the alley across town. The storms that were only flashing lightening and booming thunder at the church was now pouring rain all over Gabriel’s nice white suit. “What the-?” Gabriel said out loud...
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Love...no comment
Love? … No comment. Why should I? There are so many great things that have been said about love. Everything from All We Need is Love to I’m lovin’ it. How can I, a simple person, who could create worlds that capture imaginations, and ...
