Demons. Are they in your house?

By Brian Coyle

Everyone has grown up with stories from their youth about the demons in their bedroom. The boogie man in the closet, the werewolf howling outside your window, the vampire creeping along the edge of your bed, ready to pounce and suck the very life from you as you sleep. The slightest shadow on the wall or creak from an old wooden floor sends chills up your back as you pull the covers over your head, hoping to hide from certain death.

With so many recollections from millions of people, maybe the fears are warranted.
Who is to say that the demons don’t really exist? If millions have seen them, heard them or even felt their bony touch, can we actually rationalize them away? Why would so many swear that they are real if they aren’t? If several of your friends confirmed a demon sighting, wouldn’t you believe it? Then why ignore the millions of stories that exist today?

You don’t have to search very long to find a true story about demons. Every bookstore and library, and especially the sea of online websites, can produce more than you can ever read, not to mention your own place of worship. Have you ever attended a church service where they did not reference demons, either directly or indirectly? So if everyone around you is telling you they exist, how can you deny that they are in your house right now, plotting how to best drain the blood from your body?

Go ahead. Tonight when it is darkest, turn off all the lights. Take a seat and be silent. Just listen and watch. I’ll bet that eventually you’ll discover that demons are in your house. Maybe it’s just one, or maybe there are lots of them, waiting to get your full attention. Some may be perfect for a short story, while others are grand enough to haunt a 500-page novel. Which kind is under your bed?