Demon in the Microwave

By Stefon Mears

Summoning a demon should require blood. Fire. Drama.

Instead, the book Theo found made it sound simple. So he added drama of his own, as any good actor would. And it works!

Of course, now Theo has a demon to deal with…

"Demon in the Microwave," a fun fantasy short story with demons in the suburbs and the consequences of deals. From Stefon Mears, author of the Cavan Oltblood series and the Spells for Hire series.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Thousand Faces Publishing
• Release date: Jul 26, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393009542

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Demon in the Microwave

Demon in the Microwave

Stefon Mears

Thousand Faces Publishing

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The worst part about conjuring a demon wasn’t the blood. Theo had thought it would be the blood. He’d seen a bunch of horror movies over the years, and they always seemed to want the would-be sorcerer to slash the palm of his hand with a wicked-looking dagger and cascade his life’s blood into a golden chalice or something.

Theo hadn’t been sure he could do that. In the movies, the sorcerer always toughed it out. No cry of pain, only a determined expression as he squeezed his hand to speed the flow.

Just thinking about it made Theo’s stomach turn flip-flops.

But the actual ritual he found didn’t need more than a few drops of his vital essence, and didn’t require any gold at all. The author actually suggested using one of those diabetic sticks to get