The Demon in the Computer
My last blog asked a question that’s been on my mind since I began writing Hell’s Gate, which will be available very soon—really. I asked, “What if demons are real?” I should have known better. Never ask a question unless you really want an answer. And, of course, I got an answer. After I finished writing the blog, one of the images that I’d used, a picture of a demon from a 14th century Arabic manuscript, remained on the monitor. In fact, it was on both of my monitors. And I couldn’t figure out how to get it off. There were no Xs in the upper right hand corner. Contol-alt-delete didn’t work, and neither did the escape key. The demon remained, grinning out at me from the screens. I have been writing this blog and inserting images into it for over ten years and nothing like this has ever happened. Totally weird. And I was beginning to get just a little bit freaked out. Well,… Read More »