Window Stories

This is a departure from @Ronyx usual style of story. That doesn't mean we depart the social topics that we can expect - abuse, illness, race, homophobia and more.

This story is from the point of view of an elderly gentleman in his final years, who is recovering from a stroke.

Whilst recovering, he meets Colin, who becomes his confidant as he tells his life story, which he visualizes through a series of Windows.

During Phil's journey we are introduced to a variety of people, who play an important part in his rehabilitation.

This story will make you angry, sad, happy and full of laughter. But after reading Phil's story you will realise that age is just a number.

This comes highly recommended.

For those of you smart readers who have read the author's other stories you know that the protagonist is usually a gay teenage boy.There have been some exceptions Like In A Bridge To Yesterday was from an adult point of view but it was a character we first met as an teenager.In Stuff People Do the protagonist was an adult but the story started within as an teenager.

This story truly is a departure as it was from a perspective of a elderly gentleman in his final years.But it is done with same warmth ,caring, empathy and intelligence as his teenage stories.But for fans of his earlier work there is still plenty of flashbacks to his teenage years as there are two characters in their early 20's not too far removed from being teenagers and plus two other teenage characters one being his great grandson who he just met.For those of you who may otherwise past by this story  DON"T.This is @Ronyx after all so it will be excellent

BTW this was my 100th review and I just earned a badge .I'm delighted that it was  from a @Ronyx story

@Ronyx is known by stories exploring social issues as - racial issues, homophobia, abuse, illness etc. Going one step further, this story deals with illness affecting older people.

Rehabilitating after stroke, Phil is lying in hospital bed waiting a Death to occur and take him to final voyage over the river Styx. Luckily, it is a young man Collin who shows at the door, becoming Phil's confessor and friend. Reveling his past, Phil slowly becomes physically and psychically better discovering that the sunset of his life doesn't have to be depressed and dark. During this emotional and touchy journey, you will cry, you will laugh and at the end, you'll make a farewell to this tale with feeling that age is just a number! 

I have been a reader of @Ronyx's stories for many years. While I have criticized some of the ways in which he ends his stories, I have always enjoyed them.

His stories are stories of hope for our younger gay kids. Stories that highlight the many problems we have endured in our lives. As an author, @Ronyx has never shied away from many of the problems our gay youth share with our own lives, growing up. Even today, the pall of homosexuality brings many of the same issues that many of us have faced.

In this story, we are flipped with the reality of our end of life, old age. Seen through the windows of time, we see our protagonist as he relates to those younger folk around him.

I highly recommend this tale, as it deals with issues some of us older folk will face or are facing. Even the younger crowd will benefit. You will be where some of us are today.

Ronyx has written a different sort of story here, peopled with well drawn characters both past and present. The main character who is in his twilight years recounts his life story to new friends who enter his life. The narrative cleverly mixes past and present as we discover the good and the bad as was and as is today. We get to see life as it used to be for a gay man forced to hide his sexuality, how he struggled, overcame prejudice, but at what cost? And today, in the present of the story, we see what has changed and what is still a struggle. 

The story is beautifully told from the heart and is likely to touch your soul lightly or profoundly. You may be a reader of a generation who relates intimately to the history, but if not you will learn about life and struggles, friendships and love, heartache, remorse, and triumph. This story has it all, it only remains for you to read it!

An outstanding story of an elderly man who has had a stroke and, while depressed because of what he sees as life working against him on all levels, he discovers, through working with a young counselor, physical therapy, and the solicitousness of a nurse, a reason to live because of what he can do for others.  It definitely portrays negative aspects of his life, one especially hurtful - that of his lack of relationship with his son - that cannot be resolved.  Yet, he moves through this to reestablish a life that is filled with positivity.  This is a must read!

Aging and aging gay are two entirely different matters. I have no children to decide where I go when I can’t live alone. 
From that perspective I’ve found a touch of a cautionary tale in the Window Stories. Plan your exit people. Plan your exit.

I am here because I’m a huge fan of @Ronyx and this departure from his norm is a true delight. Why?

Love and loss three times. Independence and loss of. Figuring out how to come back from both? And just plain be a triumphant old guy?

Meet Phil.  Read this.