The Indestructible Man
“Word is, Joe’s shouting curses in an unearthly voice, talking backwards to himself, hanging by his ankles in the bedroom doorway at night. With all that happening we figure poor Minnie’s probably scared out of her wits. At first it looks hopeless. But when Tom Ross, the mailman, says he’s seen Brother Stewart up there trying to cast the demon out, we gather up baseball bats and ax handles and anything else we can swing, pile in Sam’s old pickup, and drive up to Joe’s to offer what aid we can. When we get there I’m almost afraid to look at the house, expecting shattered windows, the awning fallen onto the front porch, the siding scorched. But the place looks about the same as always—there’s some dust caked on the windows, the white paint is a little chipped, and the yard has a few dandelions, but all the walls are still up. The quiet is eerie, and it takes us a minute to work up the nerve to go to the door. Looking in through the dusty screen I see no sign of heavenly... struggle; either the devil’s been driven away or the battle’s hit a lull.MoreLess
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