The Demon

The Demon is now in full possession of the Girl's body, and she is starting her journey in Berkeley, California. She should be thrilled and ecstatic—the plan worked! Except she doesn't remember the plan. The Demon has memories of the Girl's life and vague impressions of a deal made with the Filipino warrior LapuLapu. She reconnects with her former master, Death, and discovers that her bargain went against his will. Death's punishment is beyond her comprehension - enduring the cruelties of mortality and leaving her imprisoned in the former Girl's university life. Life experiences, toxic friendships, emotional and physical attachments, and finally, heartbreak prove sadistic even for a Demon. Can a demon have an identity crisis? What happens when the Demon shows more independence of thought and understanding of the cycle of dependency? Death isn't the only one waiting to find out...

The Demon is now in full possession of the Girl's body, and she is starting her journey in Berkeley, California. She should be thrilled and ecstatic—the plan worked! Except she doesn't remember the plan. The Demon has memories of the Girl's life and vague impressions of a deal made with the Filipino warrior LapuLapu. She reconnects with her former master, Death, and discovers that her bargain went against his will. Death's punishment is beyond her comprehension - enduring the cruelties of mortality and leaving her imprisoned in the former Girl's university life. Life experiences, toxic friendships, emotional and physical attachments, and finally, heartbreak prove sadistic even for a Demon. Can a demon have an identity crisis? What happens when the Demon shows more independence of thought and understanding of the cycle of dependency? Death isn't the only one waiting to find out...

Victory Witherkeigh is an award-winning female Filipino/PI author from Los Angeles, CA. Her debut novel, "The Girl", was published in December 2022 with Cinnabar Moth Publishing. "The Girl" has been a finalist for Killer Nashville's 2020 Claymore Award and was long-listed in the 2022 CIBA OZMA Fantasy Book Awards. "The Girl" won Third Place for YA Thriller in the 2023 Spring The Bookfest Awards. Her creative content creation for her author TikTok also won First Place in the 2023 Spring the Bookfest Awards for Creative Content. She has short story print publications in horror anthologies such as Supernatural Drabbles of Dread through Macabre Ladies Publishing, Bodies Full of Burning through Sliced Up Press, In Filth It Shall Be Found through OutCast Press, and Nightmare Fuel's 2022 Edition: Objects of Horror, etc.