James Duran no longer fits in the world. At forty-five years old, his wife has left him, and his job as a pre-press technician was not just downsized, it was completely eliminated.<br><br>With no reason to stay in the world, James makes plans to jump in front of the train that took him to work every day for twenty-five years. But before he does, he’s finally going to introduce himself to the stranger who takes the same train. The stranger who has gorgeous eyes and a wonderful smile.<br><br>A stranger who can make the world fit James Duran again.

The Obsolete Man

“That’s usually how people justify porn.”


“True, but this is actual art. Well, parody. They’re all homoerotic parodies of movie posters.”


“I don’t hear that word much in everyday conversation.”


“People don’t use it enough. But I could avoid using it again, if you’d like.”


James shook his head. “No, I don’t mind it. You look at homoerotic pictures every morning on the way to work?”


“Not every morning. Sometimes I’m looking at actual gay porn.”


James laughed. The sound startled him. It was rusty and unrecognizable, and it hurt his throat a little bit. But he didn’t mind. In fact, he wouldn’t mind another one.


“I take it you don’t read gay porn on the morning train?” Chad asked.


Chapter 2