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    Demonic Dilemma (A Baldwin Story)
    Demonic Dilemma (A Baldwin Story)
    Demonic Dilemma (A Baldwin Story)
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    Demonic Dilemma (A Baldwin Story)

    By S.E. Batt

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    It's inadvisable to make pacts with demons; even worse to thoroughly anger them.

    Baldwin, the Rivetwerk's one (and only, for good reason) supernatural hunter, goes head-to-head with a succubus after making a grave misstep in his second adventure. With a furious demon on his tail in the gang-infested lands of the Oil Alleys, can Baldwin make it out with his life and dignity intact?

    A humorous fantasy novelette totalling 8000 words.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherS.E. Batt
    Release dateJun 28, 2013
    ISBN9781301496006
    Demonic Dilemma (A Baldwin Story)
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    S.E. Batt

    S.E. Batt loves all things light-hearted and humorous. When he's not writing, he's playing video games, talking to other writers, and generally wishing he was writing. He's a proud member of the Forward Motion online writer's group, and sends all of its members a digital thumbs-up.

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      Demonic Dilemma (A Baldwin Story) - S.E. Batt

      Demonic Dilemma

      The sun overlooking the world of Autyre was widely regarded as a happy entity. As far as gigantic balls of gas hanging in endless space go, the sun lived a happy and optimistic life. In order to put out enough energy to support an entire ecosystem's worth of beings, it had to be. It liked beaming its light across tens of thousands of miles, stretching out into the night skies of planets far away. It liked watching the beings on said planets skittering around like ants, living their fleshy and rapidly-declining lives. Its favourite part about being a sun, however, was rising.

      It liked rising a lot. Crawling up from the horizon, it would dispel the doom and gloom that hung over the world like an ice cube on a cold winter's day. Of course, given that it was in a perpetual state of rising due to its orbit, it only really liked it when it rose upon the really good bits, like the parts with cities in them. At this moment of time, the sun was prepping itself for rising upon its most favourite part of them all.

      The first thing its joyous rays hit was the well-esteemed magical institution of Wizzbang Academy, where its rays caused bird to cheep, cockerels to crow, and one wizard to grumble and pull the covers over his head. The beams of joy crept over the vast countryside and forests, giving a sense of goodwill to a group of rogues hiding to ambush a trade caravan. It caused them to change their minds about shooting their next victim in the stomach. They all agreed on the head instead. Much more civilised.

      The sun was not satisfied, however. It had a goal in mind.

      Creeping over the horizon, it found its target; the city known as the Rivetwerks. The sun was sure that its bright energy would bring a smile to the citizens of such a city, illuminating the blacksmiths, engineers and factory workers as they went about their diligent business. Unfortunately, the entire city had been encased long ago in a gigantic metal dome for its (and everyone else's) own good, meaning the sun's beams of light ended up slamming against the metal like a hyperactive puppy chasing a laser dot. With a silent sigh of dejection, the sun kept crawling upward through the sky. Maybe next time.

      Wait a second. Someone was outside the dome.

      With a newfound vigour, the sun gave it its all, putting on the proverbial bells and whistles to impress the one solitary Rivetwerks citizen who didn't immediately choke and die when deprived of their essential intake of smoke and smog. Maybe if it did a good enough job, they'd accept him as part of their daily life? Remove the dome, or even just add windows on the side? The sun shuddered with happiness at the thought, putting its entire heart and soul into warming the unknown figure's heart. Who was he, anyway? He looked awfully familiar, even to an entity which had no brain to remember him by.

      Oh crap, it's Baldwin.

      The sun looked back from where it was rising. Perhaps Baldwin hadn't seen him rise yet? He could always hide just under the horizon and wait for him to go. Despite the fact that it was

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