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

Barely up on the beach, unable to support my weight on shaky arms and knocking knees a second longer after the long, grueling swim, I collapsed in a heap.


“I knew you’d save me, Shawn! I’m alive! I’m alive!” If ever a situation called for repetition, this was it. “This time, you’re the good guy,” I said. “The hero.”


“I don’t feel like a hero, Otto.”


“What are you talking about?” Breathing was easier once I rolled to my back. “You saved my life!” I exclaimed toward the blinding sun. “Hold me, Shawn.”


“Shawn?” I rolled to my left. To my right. I sat up. Shawn was nowhere in sight. Neither was his parachute or the plane. It was just me, just me and the ocean, and maybe a whole set of steak knife faced fish ready to slice into me like I had the T-bone at my wedding reception.


“You’re not here.” The realization was devastating. “Are you? You never were.” I wondered if I’d been touched by an angel, rescued by one.


Chapter 7