diff --git a/examples/awesome.asl b/examples/awesome.asl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..24e497a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/awesome.asl
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+  "Comment": "Directory Listing",
+  "StartAt": "a",
+  "States": {
+    "a":{
+      "Type": "Pass",
+      "Next": "b"
+    },
+    "b": {
+      "Type": "Wait",
+      "Seconds": 1,
+      "Next": "ls"
+    },
+    "ls": {
+      "Type": "Task",
+      "Resource": "awesome://ls -l Gemfile",
+      "Comment": "awesome://ls -l $FILENAME",
+      "Next": "c",
+      "Parameters": {
+        "FILENAME" : "Gemfile"
+      }
+    },
+      "c": {
+        "Type": "Succeed"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lib/floe/awesome_runner.rb b/lib/floe/awesome_runner.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8520d9d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/floe/awesome_runner.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "concurrent/array"
+
+module Floe
+  class AwesomeProcess < Thread
+    attr_reader :result
+    attr_accessor :error
+
+    def initialize(queue, context, *args)
+      self.report_on_exception = true
+      @processed = false
+      @context = context
+
+      # Don't like changing the value of context here,
+      # but want to make sure thread is set before the `queue.push`
+      # `queue.pop` will look potentially at status, which is through thread
+      context["thread"] = self
+
+      super do
+        @result = AwesomeSpawn.run(*args)
+
+        # this is changing the value of the context
+        # in the non-main thread
+        # Potential race condition here
+        Floe::AwesomeRunner.populate_results!(@context, :result => @result)
+
+        # trigger an event
+        queue.push(["delete", context])
+      rescue => err
+        # Shouldn't ever get in here
+        @error = err
+
+        Floe::AwesomeRunner.populate_results!(@context, :error => err)
+
+        # trigger an event
+        queue.push(["delete", context])
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  class AwesomeRunner < Floe::Runner
+    SCHEME        = "awesome"
+    SCHEME_PREFIX = "#{SCHEME}://"
+    SCHEME_OFFSET = SCHEME.length + 3
+
+    # only exposed for tests
+    # use wait instead
+    attr_reader :queue
+
+    def initialize(_options = {})
+      require "awesome_spawn"
+
+      # events triggered
+      @queue = Queue.new
+
+      super
+    end
+
+    # @return [Hash] runner_context
+    def run_async!(resource, params = {}, _secrets = {}, _context = {})
+      raise ArgumentError, "Invalid resource" unless resource&.start_with?(SCHEME_PREFIX)
+
+      args = resource[SCHEME_OFFSET..].split
+      method = args.shift
+
+      runner_context = {}
+
+      # NOTE: this adds itself to the runner_context
+      AwesomeProcess.new(@queue, runner_context, method, :env => params, :params => args)
+
+      runner_context
+    end
+
+    def status!(runner_context)
+      # check if it has no output (i.e.: we think it is running) but it is not running
+      if !runner_context.key?("Output") && !runner_context["thread"]&.alive?
+        runner_context["Output"] = {"Error" => "Lambda.Unknown", "Cause" => "no output and no thread"}
+        runner_context["Error"]  = true
+      end
+    end
+
+    def running?(runner_context)
+      !runner_context["Output"]
+    end
+
+    def success?(runner_context)
+      !runner_context["Error"]
+    end
+
+    def output(runner_context)
+      runner_context["Output"]
+    end
+
+    def cleanup(runner_context)
+      runner_context["thread"] = nil
+    end
+
+    def wait(timeout: nil, _events: %i[create update delete])
+      # TODO: implement whole interface
+      raise "wait needs a block and doesn't support timeout" unless timeout.nil? && block_given?
+
+      loop do
+        event_context = @queue.pop
+        yield event_context if block_given?
+      end
+    end
+
+    # internal methods
+
+    def self.command_error_cause(command_result)
+      command_result.error.nil? || command_result.error.empty? ? command_result.output.to_s : command_result.error.to_s
+    end
+
+    def self.populate_results!(runner_context, result: nil, error: nil)
+      error ||= command_error_cause(result) if result&.failure?
+
+      if error
+        runner_context["Output"] = {"Error" => "States.TaskFailed", "Cause" => error}
+        runner_context["Error"]  = true
+      else
+        runner_context["Output"] = {"Result" => result.output.chomp.split("\n")}
+      end
+
+      runner_context
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+Floe::Runner.register_scheme(Floe::AwesomeRunner::SCHEME, Floe::AwesomeRunner.new)
diff --git a/lib/floe/cli.rb b/lib/floe/cli.rb
index 1ee91005..80f4e9f1 100644
--- a/lib/floe/cli.rb
+++ b/lib/floe/cli.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 require "floe"
 require "floe/container_runner"
+require "floe/awesome_runner"
 
 module Floe
   class CLI
diff --git a/lib/floe/runner.rb b/lib/floe/runner.rb
index 3e014bcd..2aae6e0d 100644
--- a/lib/floe/runner.rb
+++ b/lib/floe/runner.rb
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ def for_resource(resource)
         scheme = resource.split("://").first
         resolve_scheme(scheme) || raise(ArgumentError, "Invalid resource scheme [#{scheme}]")
       end
+
+      def runners
+        @runners.each_value.map { |runner| runner.kind_of?(Proc) ? runner.call : runner }
+      end
     end
 
     # Run a command asynchronously and create a runner_context
diff --git a/lib/floe/workflow.rb b/lib/floe/workflow.rb
index 634a5084..f7b0c1ce 100644
--- a/lib/floe/workflow.rb
+++ b/lib/floe/workflow.rb
@@ -19,16 +19,21 @@ def load(path_or_io, context = nil, credentials = nil, name = nil)
       def wait(workflows, timeout: nil, &block)
         workflows = [workflows] if workflows.kind_of?(self)
 
-        run_until   = Time.now.utc + timeout if timeout.to_i > 0
-        ready       = []
-        queue       = Queue.new
-        wait_thread = Thread.new do
-          loop do
-            Runner.for_resource("docker").wait do |event, runner_context|
-              queue.push([event, runner_context])
+        run_until    = Time.now.utc + timeout if timeout.to_i > 0
+        ready        = []
+        queue        = Queue.new
+        wait_threads =
+          Runner.runners.map do |runner|
+            next unless runner.respond_to?(:wait)
+
+            Thread.new do
+              loop do
+                runner.wait do |event, runner_context|
+                  queue.push([event, runner_context])
+                end
+              end
             end
           end
-        end
 
         loop do
           ready = workflows.select(&:step_nonblock_ready?)
@@ -73,7 +78,7 @@ def wait(workflows, timeout: nil, &block)
 
         ready
       ensure
-        wait_thread&.kill
+        wait_threads.compact.map(&:kill)
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/spec/awesome_runner_spec.rb b/spec/awesome_runner_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aafedc32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/awesome_runner_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+require_relative "../lib/floe/awesome_runner"
+
+RSpec.describe Floe::AwesomeRunner, :uses_awesome_spawn => true do
+  let(:subject)        { described_class.new(runner_options) }
+  let(:runner_options) { {} }
+  let(:container_id)   { SecureRandom.hex }
+
+  # let(:workflow) { make_workflow(ctx, {"State" => {"Type" => "Task", "Resource" => resource, "Parameters" => {"var1.$" => "$.foo.bar"}, "End" => true}}) }
+
+  describe "#run_async!" do
+    it "raises an exception without a resource" do
+      expect { subject.run_async!(nil) }.to raise_error(ArgumentError, "Invalid resource")
+    end
+
+    it "raises an exception for an invalid resource uri" do
+      expect { subject.run_async!("arn:abcd:efgh") }.to raise_error(ArgumentError, "Invalid resource")
+    end
+
+    it "calls command run with the command name" do
+      stub_good_run("ls", :params => [], :env => {}, :output => "file\nlisting\n")
+
+      subject.run_async!("awesome://ls")
+      subject.queue.pop
+    end
+
+    it "passes environment variables to command run" do
+      stub_good_run("ls", :params => [], :env => {"FOO" => "BAR"}, :output => "file\nlisting\n")
+
+      subject.run_async!("awesome://ls", {"FOO" => "BAR"})
+      subject.queue.pop
+    end
+  end
+
+  # describe "#status!" do
+  #   let(:runner_context) { {"container_ref" => container_id} }
+
+  #   it "returns the updated container_state" do
+  #     stub_good_run!("ls", :params => ["inspect", container_id], :output => "[{\"State\": {\"Running\": true}}]")
+
+  #     subject.status!(runner_context)
+
+  #     expect(runner_context).to include("container_state" => {"Running" => true})
+  #   end
+  # end
+
+  describe "#running?" do
+    # it "retuns true when running" do
+    #   runner_context = {"container_ref" => container_id, "container_state" => {"Running" => true}}
+    #   expect(subject.running?(runner_context)).to be_truthy
+    # end
+
+    # it "retuns false when not running" do
+    #   runner_context = {"container_ref" => container_id, "container_state" => {"Running" => false, "ExitCode" => 0}}
+    #   expect(subject.running?(runner_context)).to be_falsey
+    # end
+  end
+
+  describe "#success?" do
+    # it "retuns true when successful" do
+    #   runner_context = {"container_ref" => container_id, "container_state" => {"Running" => false, "ExitCode" => 0}}
+    #   expect(subject.success?(runner_context)).to be_truthy
+    # end
+
+    # it "retuns false when not successful" do
+    #   runner_context = {"container_ref" => container_id, "container_state" => {"Running" => false, "ExitCode" => 1}}
+    #   expect(subject.success?(runner_context)).to be_falsey
+    # end
+  end
+
+  describe "#output" do
+    let(:runner_context) { {"Output" => ["output1", "output2"]} }
+
+    it "returns log output" do
+      expect(subject.output(runner_context)).to eq(["output1", "output2"])
+    end
+  end
+
+  # describe "#cleanup" do
+  # end
+end