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This is a visionary/experimental novella about a young, beautiful woman, murdered and buried nearby in the same ditch as an old homeless man who was beaten and kicked down the hill on the fringe of a park, left for dead, just out of sight. The spirit of the old homeless man speaks to her and tries to guide her into the afterlife, explaining to her what happened, and what she must do to let go of the life she had tragically taken from her, with memories of the once-in-a-lifetime experiences that he had lost as well, and brief, raging comments from the escaped murderer.

A married husband and wife coincidentally check into the same hotel at different times, and both commit adultery in separate rooms with individual flings. After the act, the partners, one a young prostitute for the husband, and one a young and virile man for the wife, briefly meet and see a spark of romance before letting each other go.

Maybe it is me haunting this place now.

A loving couple is forced to separate during a promotion located in a new city and triumphs in using modern technology to help their relationship survive the transition, learning to still connect with each other in a new way across long distances.

He watched for a while longer, trying to have faith, trying to decide on his vote and where he would go in this world, what he would do, what would be right for all of them even if it might not ever be feasible, and he wondered if his intelligence would always be seen as artificial.