Gordon Small, a failed fiction writer has died, but failed to notice. Now a proofreader at Heaven Book Company, the world's largest romance publisher, he dutifully scans his way through erotic fantasies. It eventually dawns on him he may be trapped in afterlife limbo. He embarks on a misison to make contact with his one true love, post-humously reviving his writing career, and perhaps bringing the formidable machinery of Heaven Inc. to a crashing halt.