"Christmas Presents" by Friar Dave (friar_dave@mhbbs.com).

O'Hara, a rich guy who is lonely on Christmas Eve in New York City, has arranged for a call girl to visit him. He likes to talk, and so we get some interesting details about the hooker's development, beginning with her selling sexual favors to her brother when she was eight years old, while she marvels at the night sights outside the penthouse window.

They quote philosophy to each other for a while, and it turns out she used to read his stories on the Internet. For a long time O'Hara had devoted his life to being socially responsible, and he's trying to make a comeback. At times this story borders on the depressing, but it manages to remain tender and poignant.

In a way, what Friar Dave here is an interesting and sexy version of one of my occasional tirades about socially responsible sex.

This story has lots of typos. The author must have neglected to run a simple spellcheck. But overall, this is a very nice Christmas story - even in April.