Chapter 2Hollywood has provided many narratives concerning death, everything from The Sixth Sense, to Ghost, to Charlie St. Cloud, to Pushing Daisies, to Days of Our Lives. No one ever stays dead on Days of Our Lives. Sometimes, they come back to life with a different actor’s face, but they never stay dead. Being gay, I’d likely be written off the show or relegated to the back burner, but I wouldn’t stay dead. * * * * Falling. Flailing. Impact. Go toward the light. Consciously aware of the first three, now, I spotted brightness from above. Heaven had always sounded like a wonderful concept. I liked the thought of being reunited with much missed loved ones and former family pets at The Rainbow Bridge. Haunting past enemies had a certain appeal to it as well. My half siblings tortured

