How to Make Friends with Demons by Graham Joyce
| Author(s) | Graham Joyce |
|---|---|
| Published | March 1st, 2001 |
| Genre(s) | Horror, Paranormal |
| Age group | Adult |
Summary
William Heaney is a man well acquainted with demons. Not his broken family — his wife has left him for a celebrity chef, his snobbish teenaged son despises him, and his daughter's new boyfriend resembles Nosferatu — nor his drinking problem, nor his unfulfilling government job, but real demons.
For demons are real, and William has identified one thousand five hundred and sixty-seven smoky figures, dwelling on the shadowy fringes of human life, influencing our decisions with their sweet and poisoned voices.
After a series of seemingly unconnected personal encounters — with a beautiful and captivating woman met in the company of an infuriating poet, a troubled and damaged veteran of Desert Storm with demons of his own, and an old school acquaintance with whom he shared a mystical occult ritual — William Heaney's life is thrown into a direction he does not fully comprehend. Past and present collide. Long-dormant choices and forgotten deceptions surface. Secrets threaten to become exposed. To weather the changes, William Heaney must learn one how to make friends with demons.
Trigger Warnings
- Alcoholism
- Anti-Arab Sentiments
- Attempted Devil Worship/Sacrifice
- Cheating Spouse
- Choking
- Christianity
- Demons (real and fake)
- Drug Use/Addiction
- Emesis
- Homelessness
- Kinkshaming
- Physical Assault
- Mental Illness
- Misogyny
- Questionable use of tropes (promiscuous bisexual, implied & predatory gay, rumored)
- R-word (used once in passing)
- Sexism
- Sex Work
- Shell Shock
- Slurs (Racial, Religious, Mental Illness, and Homophobic)
- Stalking
- Suicide/Murder via Bomb Attack
- War (The Gulf War & the horrors of)
Representation
An asterisk (*) indicates that the author openly identifies with that identity.
- Middle Aged British Man
- Recovering Drug Addict/Sex Worker Woman
- Shell Shocked Gulf War Vet
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