title: A DemonMinds Halloween, 2010
author: The DemonMaster
description: The DemonMaster is either a fictional creation of J. P. Moore, or a demonic presence who entered this world to indulge his many passions. When the lights are low and you hear something scraping at your window, you decide.
zlib_text: The Outlaw Demon Wails
  
  Kim Harrison
  
  ![](images/00001.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  To the guy who knows
  
  
  the more things change,
  
  
  the weirder it gets
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Contents
  
  [One](Where_Demons_Dare_split_003.html#filepos9766)
  
  
  I leaned over the glass counter, squinting at the price…
  
  [Two](Where_Demons_Dare_split_004.html#filepos58441)
  
  
  The coffeehouse was warm, smelling of biscotti and brewing beans.
  
  [Three](Where_Demons_Dare_split_005.html#filepos97765)
  
  
  I set the stack of unopened desk organizers I’d bought…
  
  [Four](Where_Demons_Dare_split_006.html#filepos138534)
  
  
  “Marshal?” I exclaimed as my thoughts realigned and I figured…
  
  [Five](Where_Demons_Dare_split_007.html#filepos161591)
  
  
  The soft click of teeth on the knob of my…
  
  [Six](Where_Demons_Dare_split_008.html#filepos176450)
  
  
  The muffled thump, thump, thump of the rubber seal of…
  
  [Seven](Where_Demons_Dare_split_009.html#filepos194506)
  
  
  The thin heat from the sidewalk vanished when I turned…
  
  [Eight](Where_Demons_Dare_split_010.html#filepos231