A Man Of Faith

By Michael Kingswood

Joseph never became a priest.

 

Nevertheless, he has a calling, and a mission - to fight the forces of evil in the spiritual war engulfing humanity.

 

But when an old friend asks a favor for a man Joseph despises, he faces a greater, more sinister threat than he could have ever foreseen.

 

A Man Of Faith is a short supernatural thriller.

• Language: English
• Publisher: SSN Storytelling
• Release date: Nov 28, 2022
• ISBN: 9798215478790

Michael Kingswood

Michael Kingswood has written numerous science fiction and fantasy stories, including The Pericles Conspiracy, The Glimmer Vale Chronicles, and the Dawn of Enlightenment series. His interest in scifi/fantasy came at an early age: he first saw Star Wars in the theater when he was three and grew up on Star Trek in syndication. The Hobbit was among the first books he recalls reading. Recognizing with sadness that the odds of his making it into outer space were relatively slim, after completing his bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from Boston University, he did the next best thing - he entered the US Navy as a submarine officer. Almost seventeen years later, he continues to serve on active duty and has earned graduation degrees in Engineering Management and Business Administration. Fitting with his service onboard Fast Attack submarines (SSNs), he does his writing on Saturdays, Sundays, and at Night. He is married to a lovely lady from Maine. They have four children, and live wherever the Navy deems to send them. Sign up to receive email announcements of Michael's new releases and other exclusive deals for newsletter subscribers here: http://eepurl.com/eND22 .

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A Man Of Faith

A Man Of Faith

A Short Supernatural Thriller

Michael Kingswood

SSN Storytelling

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About This Book

Joseph never became a priest.

---

Nevertheless, he has a calling, and a mission - to fight the forces of evil in the spiritual war engulfing humanity.

---

But when an old friend asks a favor for a man Joseph despises, he faces a greater, more sinister threat than he could have ever foreseen.

---

A Man Of Faith is a short supernatural thriller.

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A Man Of Faith

The shriek that left the girl's mouth was guttural, profane, and inhuman. A roar from the Pit of Hell itself, something that her vocal cords could never have produced on their own.

Joseph knew the sound well; he had been evoking it from demons for years.

The girl was fifteen, wearing a sweat-dampened and torn yellow-white nightgown, and writhed against the bonds he had placed on her wrists and ankles, keeping her tied down to the little four-poster bed that dominated the bedroom where he stood.

She would have been beautiful, except she had shaved the sides of her head and dyed her hair a mix of pink and blue and green, and inset garish ear gages that distended the lobes of her ears grotesquely. She had pierced her nose and her tongue, and probably other places as well. Through a tear in the sleeve of her nightgown Joseph could see the ink of at least one profane tattoo on her arm.

But as much as she had disfigured herself, the demon had done worse. It fought against the spiritual bonds Joseph was throwing at it as much as the physical, and it had twisted her face into something bestial, human only in its most basic structure. Her teeth, grown razor sharp, snapped at the air, trying futilely to get at him, and she—or rather, the demon—gazed at him through eyes that were completely black except for burning red pupils, filled with an all-consuming hatred.

Not just hatred for him, but for all humanity. And for God Himself.

Another surge against the bonds, and again they held. But the sulfurous stink surrounding the possessed girl increased, and Joseph knew he must act quickly. He drew a breath.

Pater noster, qui es in caelis. Santificetor, nomen tuum.

The demon shrieked again as the words of the Lord's Prayer filled the room, louder than Joseph