Son of the Endless Night

1985: A time of cigarettes, payphones, the golden age of pro wrestling and a high water mark for Satanic Panic hysteria. The story reaches across multiple continents, alternate dimensions, and several variations on human bodily functions.

A teenage girl named Polly is in trouble, possibly kidnapped, probably a ghost. Richard Devon, a Yale student, becomes obsessed with rescuing her while on a ski vacation in Vermont. This rescue mission does not go as planned. Polly is in the clutches of a mysterious Satanic cult and Rich falls victim to a plot involving violence that lands him in jail for murder. It turns out Rich has become host to an ancient demon and only his half brother, Conor, an ex-priest and current pro wrestler, attempts to find proof that Rich is not guilty due to demonic possession.

The narrative explores how cracks in social class, religion, the criminal justice system, and individual human psyches can be exposed as gaping rifts when preconceived belief systems are broken and the unbelievable becomes reality. There are haunted houses, creepy cars, holy roller heroics, and the living dead, alongside discourse on the nature of good and evil and familial bonds. The courtroom becomes the ring for a match that will be an eschatological showdown between the forces of good and evil for the future of humanity.