Victory Swift had learned three very hard, very important lessons in all her years fighting demons. First, never tell anyone what you really do for a living. It just didn’t go well. Second, never track demon residue into your house. It was insidious and hard to clean up. Third, never, ever turn your back on the other people in the room during an exorcism…

My cat knows how to manipulate me.
Whenever he feels I’m not paying him enough attention, he’ll head over to whatever stack of page proofs I have sitting on or near my desk, pick up the top piece of paper and rip it in half. When I hear the sound and look frantically around he stares at me and then makes to pick up the second piece of paper. I pick him up and cuddle him to save my work. He wins every time.