Meet Gordon. He’s a lifeguard at Meadowlands Swim Club. He’s getting tired of his chunky physique, especially as he has to spend his days around popular kids from his high school who are in perfect shape. Gordon is about to get some motivation in finally achieving the kind of body he’s always dreamed of having, but it’s going to be a nightmare getting there. Actually, it’s going to be a whole summer filled with nightmares, followed by an equally nightmare-filled schoolyear.Drowning Dummies is a horror novelette, about wanting to look good, and the price that must be paid for perfection.