Behind the doors of Loft D lay a class beckoning them to the edge. Eight jumped. Seven survived.

Back flip to the end of the 20th century. Secret lives could still be kept without the threat of an instant internet reveal. G. Calvert Blessing, failed actor turned teacher, knows what unites the unsteady souls in his niche acting class. The power of want. It absorbs them all. Himself included.

The lure? To have another’s words incite another you. You, minus serial entanglements. Raw, haunting pasts. Acts of cold expediency. Magnetic fantasies. Acting promises the escape. This class, especially.

For Calvert, fear distorts as a penniless future. He enlists hungry students in a reckless plot to gain financial freedom. Of course, special skills are required.