Title: The Unseen
Publication date: October 31st 2013
Genres: Horror
Synopsis
Cassidy is a young tattoo artist living in the Little Five Points neighborhood of Atlanta. She’s always suffered terrible nightmares, and sometimes the hideous creatures seem to follow her out of her dreams and into her waking life, though she’s the only one who can see them. Drugs and alcohol can blot them out, but never entirely chase them away.
When a demonic cult begins to take control of the people in her life, including her younger brother, Cassidy discovers that the unseen world of monsters is very real. She can no longer avoid it. To protect those she loves, she must accept her own hidden supernatural talents and face the forces of evil before the sinister cult achieves its twisted goals and casts the world into darkness.
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Demon-Summoning Do’s and Don’ts
Demon-Summoning Do’s and Don’ts
So you’ve cast a circle and you’re ready to
bring an infernal spirit into your home for a visit. Or are you?
Summoning demons takes care and consideration—it’s nothing to jam in
between doing the dishes and catching the new episode of Walking Dead.
These simple tips will help you put
together an exciting evocation, without all the messy embarrassment of getting
your soul ripped from your flesh and devoured.
DO offer a
blood sacrifice. Your guest has traveled
across endless darkness from the lower pits of Hell and will be expecting a
snack. Chicken or lizard blood will do
nicely for a lesser spirit. For an
archdemon, you’ll want to sacrifice a human being instead—anything less is
considered rude. Virgins are still preferred,
but no longer expected by more modern demons.
Finally, an activity you can do with that annoying neighbor you’ve
always wanted to eliminate from the earth!
DON’T call
up the wrong kind of demon. Incubi and
succubi will arrive with certain expectations, because these unholy hornballs
only have one thing on their evil minds at all times. If you’re not ready for a swingers’ sabbat,
avoid them. If you do summon them, you’re
going to need a little more protection that the typical enchanted circle provides—the
beasties get around. Also avoid gluttony
demons, because these corpulent creatures not only look like disgusting
mountains of flab with enormous mouths, they’ll also destroy your snack bar and
leave an unpleasant flatulent odor that takes weeks to remove from your carpet.
DO be
polite. Powerful demons resent being
summoned by mere mortals, but minding your manners can go a long way towards
creating a more pleasant evening. When
you say, “I bind thee and summon thee, foul Mephistopheles!” and the enraged
horned demon appears in a flash of fire and brimstone, don’t forget to add,
“Thank you!”
DON’T expect
them to bring wine or a hot dish. Again,
they’ve come a long way and can’t be expected to carry host gifts up from the
abyss. Also, demon food tends to be
rotten and vermin-infested, so how badly did you really want that casserole,
anyway?
DO remember
to take pictures! Remember, the only
reason to do anything extraordinary in life is so you can brag to your friends
on Facebook. A picture of you and
Beelzebub with his host of flesh-eating flies will totally shut up that one
friend who’s always bragging about the time she met Colin Farrell on an
airplane.
DON’T forget
to banish! If you don’t send that demon
right back to Hell when you’re done, it may move onto your couch and stay there
for months. Demons don’t pay rent, they
don’t do chores, and they never, ever give up control of the remote. They will, however, watch home shopping
channels twenty-four hours a day and max out your credit card to ordering
useless knickknacks. They won’t take
subtle hints to go home, either, no matter how many you drop—you have to order
them out. Exercise your right to
excorsize!
Following this list is sure to make your
demonic encounter a more successful one!
When you summon horrific spirits from the fiery underworld into your
living room, you don’t want it to ruin the rest of your weekend.
The Unseen by J.L. Bryan has a special release price of 99 cents through Halloween. See his website for details and links: http://jlbryanbooks.com/books/theunseen.html.
J.L. Bryan studied English literature at the University of Georgia and at Oxford, with a focus on the English Renaissance and the Romantic period. He also studied screenwriting at UCLA. He enjoys remixing elements of paranormal, supernatural, fantasy, horror and science fiction into new kinds of stories.
He is the author of The Paranormals series (starting with Jenny Pox), The Songs of Magic series, Nomad, and other books. He lives in Atlanta with his wife Christina, his son John, and some dogs and cats.
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