You Lucky Devil

The Infernal Justice interviewer rustled through my resume, which was headed in bold type by the name "ELIJAH NORTH". "I see that you studied law at U-Murra. But do you have any practical experience with demons?"

I froze. "No," I said finally. "I've read about them, of course, but—"

It was a lie. I had met a demon before, over a decade earlier, and in totally unsanctioned circumstances.

Fifteen years before the events of Manaworks, a demon came to live in Elijah North’s bedroom. Sworn to silence by the creature and unable to alert his parents to the danger, Elijah must discover the demon’s secret mission and stop it before it’s too late.

Available in PDF and EPUB. 20,000 words, 88 pages.

Content warnings: Cancer, existential questions, major character death, and maths.