A succubus, and a review
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jl_merrowIt occurs to me that, while I’ve been banging on intermittently about Rael the succubus, very few of you have yet got to meet him. So in celebration of his first story having been accepted into the Torquere Care and Feeding of Demons anthology due out in October, here’s a snippet:
The rush of the summoning fizzled out of Rael’s brain, leaving his mood switched to high and all his senses buzzing. He found himself sitting in a small room inside some raggedy old salt circle, surrounded by stubby, smoky little candles he was just itching to snuff before they made the whole damn place reek like rancid fat. There was a pimply-faced kid sitting catty-corner from Rael with his jaw hanging open because damn, this magic shit actually worked!
Rael gave the sebum king his best slow smile. “You called?” he breathed, feelin’ the vibes as his powers rippled right on out through the air.
“You’re... you’re not a succubus!” the kid croaked. “You’re a man!”
Rael raised an eyebrow. “You know, there are laws against gender discrimination in the workplace.”
“In Hell?”
“Especially in Hell.” Rael leaned forward, fixing the kid right in the eye. “Now, why don’t we get me out of this circle and I’ll show you what a real demon can do for you?”
And while I’m here: I was absolutely delighted to see that my Sip, Good Company has been reviewed by the lovely jenre on her blog (you’ll have to scroll down to get to mine). :)
The rush of the summoning fizzled out of Rael’s brain, leaving his mood switched to high and all his senses buzzing. He found himself sitting in a small room inside some raggedy old salt circle, surrounded by stubby, smoky little candles he was just itching to snuff before they made the whole damn place reek like rancid fat. There was a pimply-faced kid sitting catty-corner from Rael with his jaw hanging open because damn, this magic shit actually worked!
Rael gave the sebum king his best slow smile. “You called?” he breathed, feelin’ the vibes as his powers rippled right on out through the air.
“You’re... you’re not a succubus!” the kid croaked. “You’re a man!”
Rael raised an eyebrow. “You know, there are laws against gender discrimination in the workplace.”
“In Hell?”
“Especially in Hell.” Rael leaned forward, fixing the kid right in the eye. “Now, why don’t we get me out of this circle and I’ll show you what a real demon can do for you?”
And while I’m here: I was absolutely delighted to see that my Sip, Good Company has been reviewed by the lovely jenre on her blog (you’ll have to scroll down to get to mine). :)
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Date: 2009-08-11 06:42 am (UTC)I LOVED that! Nice to know the laws against discrimination are stronger in Hell :)
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Date: 2009-08-11 07:02 pm (UTC)Thank you! *hugs*
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Date: 2009-08-11 06:59 am (UTC)*snort*
Sounds great. I'll look forward to this.
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Date: 2009-08-14 06:04 pm (UTC)I'm really looking forward to reading all the other stories in the Demons anthology!