Angels and demons is a genre speciality of Derek Elkins, and he really delivers with his contribution to the Fondue Writer’s Club Halloween 2021 Collection with “The Making of a God”. In reading the story, I couldn’t tell which was the greater evil — messing around with demonic influences or forcing teenagers to work in groups? I mean, who likes working in groups, right?

We have one more story left for the Halloween tales, and that comes on Halloween courtesy of Mr. Joe Shaw. Then we will take a couple of weeks before burdening, uh, I mean blessing you, with Thanksgiving tales.

Click on the scarab’s red jewel to read about how a bad teacher’s lazy lesson plans can result in evil being unleashed upon four not-so-bright high school students.