Demons - we all love 'em! And with summer currently baking us to a crisp, what better time to think about those crazy denizens of Hell? So, with that in mind, author Catherine Cavendish is popping in to talk about demons, including that sexy goddess of destruction herself, Lilith. As any writer of horror stories knows, nothing beats a good demon. And there are plenty to choose from, drawn from every religious tradition known to mankind. Of course, picking your demon carries with it a responsibility of a similar nature to that held by a writer of historical fiction. While you can bend history, distort it and use a modicum of poetic licence, no historical fiction writer worthy of the name would create a Vlad the Impaler who was a sweet, socially reforming angel, kind to small furry animals. So it is with demons. Readers of the genre don’t want them to be the sort of beings they could take for tea at Claridge’s or even down to their local pub for a pint of Guinness
