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

Caught between a stomp and a trudge through the sand, I put it all together. Halloween!


It was almost Halloween. I was in the midst of a Punked-style prank with characters playing up the whole eerie monsters angle.


I kept going but looked back. “Nice job. Any other time, I’d be all in.” I gave them the courtesy of walking backwards, so I could look the talented company in their faces to give them their due. “Brava! Take a bow.” I clapped. “Brava to you and your visual effects crew. I like Halloween, but I got things to do. I have a brand new husband who’ll be missing me like crazy, so I’m outta here.”


“Otto, come back.” I felt Delphine’s pull this time, not just in her voice, but in some spooky way beyond Tinsel Town tech I didn’t want to acknowledge. “Si tu plait.”


“I don’t want to plait. I’m done plait-ing. I’ll be fine.” I fought it.


“I’m afraid we must insist.” The French accent lost its appeal when the words that accompanied it sounded threatening.


Chapter 11