1963 is a pivotal year for Dan James. Believing his destiny was set at the age of eleven when he stood next to his father's coffin, he enters the seminary at seventeen to become a priest. A well-read fellow seminarian and the world-shaking event later that year cause Dan to question his true passion in life. Passion is the next in Michael Fay's series of long-form short stories, following The Whirlabout and The Healer. Along with Tenderness, all have been published by IslandShorts.