Stories featuring Lucifer / Satan / the Devil.
When the Devil noticed me, that’s when the trouble started. I was always a fair guitar player who was just good enough to play at the local pubs on occasion. I had a fire inside me, though. I worked at… Continue Reading
“I need to know,” I cleared my throat and wiped my palms on my pants, “do all of God’s creatures go to heaven?” The devil looked back at me with his vacant eyes; they were not as terrifying as I… Continue Reading
The Reverend Max Walker and his wife, Elizabeth, live a happy, contented life in Pleasant Junction, New Hampshire. Every Sunday, Reverend Max, as his parishioners affectionately call him, delivers a modest sermon in a small white church. Max is an… Continue Reading
I’ll never forget the homeless man in Saint Christopher’s Church. That was back in my altar server days, when I was about eight or nine. No, eight, because I hadn’t had my first Holy Communion yet. We were doing a… Continue Reading
“Better to reign in Hell, then serve in Heav’n.” — John Milton, Paradise Lost: Book I (1667) Lucifer was sitting alone at a rear table in the least horrible coffee shop in all of Hell, sipping something that was only… Continue Reading
Bill knew immediately that the Devil had appeared behind him. He didn’t know how he knew, but somehow he just did. “At least you chose a good gun for killing yourself,” the Devil said as he squeezed around the large… Continue Reading
Cordelia Jones barged into the bookstore, bumping people into bookshelves as she descended on the romance section. “Ow!” “Watch it.” “Who d’ya think you are?” Cordelia ignored them all. “Yes!” She snatched the latest Ruby Rare bestseller from the shelf… Continue Reading
God was pissed off. It was Friday afternoon, and the meeting with His Project Manager was going badly. Another bloody design flaw and the humans were due to go live tomorrow. The chance of a day off on Sunday was… Continue Reading