"When Dennis Irvine finally arrives at the pearly gates, St. Peter tells him he's late. This is nothing new for Dennis, who's always had a poor sense of timekeeping. On being admitted into Heaven, Dennis is assigned to Brett, a handsome college football player, who will be his guide.
Heaven is not what Dennis expects. It's a college campus, Dennis sleeps in a dorm room with Brett, it's always football season, and why are there so many corners?
Dennis and Brett forge a close platonic father and son friendship as they both wait for their lovers to pass over.
Each time the Archangel Gabriel comes to tell them of new arrivals, Dennis hopes he'll have news of Colton, his beloved firefighter. But the wait is a long one."
For all those who believe that love is eternal. “Colt? Colt?” Dennis called out. Everything around him was blackness. “Colt?” he asked again, but with less confidence. Where the hell was he? Was he dead, was this Hell? Why did he think he was dead? He couldn’t answer that. Maybe old Father Jenkins was right and homosexuals were cast into the flames of eternal damnation when they died. But if this was Hell, where were the flames, the red hot pitch forks, the screams…? It wasn’t hot like Hell, but wasn’t cold either. Maybe seventy degrees. Hell was surely hotter than that. Dennis stamped his foot. The ground—or whatever it was—felt solid. He bent down to feel. It was smooth, like stone or glass, but not cold. Sniffing, he couldn’t detect any odors. Had he lost his sense of smell? Raisin