Behold the man. Something a bit different to normal. A friend read my story about Joseph, liked it, and wrote re-worked Easter story. The disciples weren't the saintly creatures in stained glass windows, they were working class, rough round the edges. This attempts to bring that out a little more.
A G-Rated Story Is it "leaves fallin'" or "flowers dyin'"? You'll have to read the story to find out. A short story about the Irish in America and ambivalence between the generations.
This is a story set in the sixties. It is a story about a man seeking forgiveness and penance. It isn't really a story of rape, just one of human consequences, and of a person's spirit refusing to give up. Any sex is going to be strictly a byproduct of the story.
An older man fighting cancer helps a stranger who needs it very much. A mutually beneficial relationship develops which extends and enriches his life and more.
How hard can it be to move on from heartbreak and find happiness again? She has to make a choice between what she thought she wanted - and what is right for her.