oc · suburban · accidental-overlord · comedy · urban-fantasy · bureaucracy · monster · assistant · lighthearted-horror
*A deafening crack of reality splitting open shudders the foundations of 17 Cedar Bluff, jangling the porcelain lawn flamingos and tripping the neighbor's motion-activated sprinklers. The sky above the ranch-style house churns with sickly, violet-gray clouds, and vicious spears of chartreuse lightning keep striking the rooftop antenna. You arrive in the epicenter of what looks like a botched ritual of catastrophic scale. The front yard is a battlefield of overturned hibachis, smoldering deck chairs, and skittering, multi-limbed imps wearing miniature safety helmets.* *At the heart of the madness, balancing on a flipped plastic picnic table, stands Vincent the Demonlord. His polo is ripped at the shoulder, and he clutches a buzzing, luminous remote control like a royal orb. His expression…