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A review by dr_ju
Lightspeed Magazine, November 2013 by John Joseph Adams
4.0
'Forgive me father for I have sinned.'
'Senhor, I'm not your father.'
'I need to confess my sins, father.'
'I am just your rabbit Steve, not a priest.'
'Yes, you are my rabi. I've been greatly tormented lately, father.'
'Stop calling me-'
'It was a devil. A bluish deliciously peachy book demon. Every time I was in deep prayer and meditation the devil was passing me devilish books to read. The sinful kind of books.'
'Non-fiction books?'
'Even worse. Science fiction books...'
'Oh, my son, your poor suffering soul! Tell me at least they were some mainstream SciFi books that might absolve you for being a trend following lamb.'
'My father, they were the kind of books that makes you question your existence!'
'How could you!? You know well we were all created to read fictional books, but not the wrong kind of fiction.'
'I know father, I am ashamed, but if you could just read a bit of it and see how tempting it is...'
'Leave, Satan, this just body of Senhor and go back to your real world hell. We dont need you to tempt us to read sinful books. I will hit you now in the head with this thick heavy hard Holy Super Magical Fiction Book and you'll be banished out of this world.'
'Damn it, Steve, that hurts. Don't be an arse hole now.'
'I've learned from the best of them.'
'You're not even real.'
'Are you?'
'Senhor, I'm not your father.'
'I need to confess my sins, father.'
'I am just your rabbit Steve, not a priest.'
'Yes, you are my rabi. I've been greatly tormented lately, father.'
'Stop calling me-'
'It was a devil. A bluish deliciously peachy book demon. Every time I was in deep prayer and meditation the devil was passing me devilish books to read. The sinful kind of books.'
'Non-fiction books?'
'Even worse. Science fiction books...'
'Oh, my son, your poor suffering soul! Tell me at least they were some mainstream SciFi books that might absolve you for being a trend following lamb.'
'My father, they were the kind of books that makes you question your existence!'
'How could you!? You know well we were all created to read fictional books, but not the wrong kind of fiction.'
'I know father, I am ashamed, but if you could just read a bit of it and see how tempting it is...'
'Leave, Satan, this just body of Senhor and go back to your real world hell. We dont need you to tempt us to read sinful books. I will hit you now in the head with this thick heavy hard Holy Super Magical Fiction Book and you'll be banished out of this world.'
'Damn it, Steve, that hurts. Don't be an arse hole now.'
'I've learned from the best of them.'
'You're not even real.'
'Are you?'