Hollywood soundstage tutor Otto Brennington has always felt invisible. Then he meets super hunk Shawn Slate. Hot sex on their first date leads to a marriage proposal. With their whole lives ahead of them, they wed in Hawaii, then celebrate with a skydive, where death does them part.<br><br>Otto is in for the shock of his afterlife upon discovering where he’ll now spend eternity. Once there, a series of sweet yet unexplainable visions lead him to believe the life just lost wasn’t his first. Was it also possibly not his last?<br><br>With the aid of several paranormal beings, Otto learns the ins and outs of his new existence, one he plans on making temporary. Will he make it back to the land of the living and the man of his dreams? Is that man Shawn? Or will Otto decide his newest acquaintances make the place he’s in not so bad after all?

Monsters

“Nowadays, most intelligent people agree gay starts at birth,” I told him.


I remembered my father and Rex, an entertainment lawyer, discussing how it was okay for Shawn to be open about his sexuality, since he was playing a villain. “It might actually do more good than harm,” Rex had said. “Controversy draws interest.”


As far as I was concerned, there was nothing controversial about being gay. For a supposedly enlightened and liberal place, Hollywood bigwigs weren’t always as accepting and inclusive as they could be.


“When did you come out?” my father asked me, as Rex took his turn hugging Shawn.


“The day I first saw my private school PE teacher in gym shorts. I think I was eight.”


Chapter 3