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Demon by Day (eBook)
| Demon by Day | |
|---|---|
 Demon by Day eBook Cover, written by Lulu M. Sylvian | |
| Author(s) | Lulu M. Sylvian |
| Publisher |
Amazon Digital Services Smashwords |
| Publication date | July 15, 2024 |
| Media type | eBook |
| Length | 76 Pages |
| ISBN | 9798227992246 |
| ASIN | B0D6YWCXQW |
For other uses of the word Incubus, see Incubus (disambiguation).
Demon by Day is an eBook written by Lulu M. Sylvian. In this work the character Cyrus can best described as a type of Incubus.
Overview
- Title: Demon by Day
- Author: Lulu M. Sylvian
- Published By: Amazon Digital Services & Smashwords
- Length: 76 Pages
- Format: eBook
- ASIN: B0D6YWCXQW
- ISBN: 9798227992246
- Publishing Date: July 15, 2024
Plot Summary
Gargoyle by day, Incubus by night, he feeds on desperation, until he discovers her, suddenly he is the desperate one.
The desperation of Las Vegas frees Cyrus from his bonds every night to become the subject of women’s lust— an erotic male dancer. He returns to stone with every dawn, trapped forever.
An artifact is touring the United States in a privately curated show of ancient opulence. Unbeknownst to the show’s curators, it is the remnants of an ancient evil. When the show lands in Vegas, Cyrus is drawn to the evil that cursed him to be a gargoyle statue by day, only to encounter the love he lost centuries earlier.
Twila is willing to do what’s necessary, and destroy the exhibit to free him. Only, it will take an act more powerful to set the demon free.
Book Review
The following review was originally published by Tera on her Blog, A Succubi's Tale on January 24, 2025
Cyrus has been cursed for as long as he can remember and there’s little to his existence that seems worth anything. An echo of the past appears in the form of Twila who knows nothing of demons and curses. But anything can happen in Las Vegas, even when you don’t know exactly what you were looking for.
The work is a mixture of fantasy romance with a bit of a mystery tying things together. It’s a bit scattered sometimes, the characters read very much like they are trying to figure themselves out, especially Twila who seems goes from being very much in control to over the top and then lost without direction. Overall the same can be said of Cyrus the other main character in that he’s a soul in search of something and having found it, doesn’t know where to go with himself and Twila.
Cyrus, who is described as an incubus in the book summary, really isn’t very much so overall. He physically tends towards being a gargoyle when transformed, but in his human form there’s an incubus like attraction to him as well as he feeding on the sexual energy around him in certain moments. So, it’s more of his magnetic being which gives him that incubus aspect rather than having horns and a tail.
It’s really not that much of a story about an incubus, even if there is some aspects of he being one, if only in passing. The overall story is well told, the characters are interesting, but given there really isn’t anything that makes Cyrus overtly an incubus, it’s somewhat less appealing than it could have been.
I think the real problem is the gargoyle side of him which gets the most attention. While it makes sense story wise, I wonder why he couldn’t have been described in a more demonic, or for that matter, devil way.
Three out of five pitchforks.
The work concludes in a way that closes the story of the main characters and opens the door to the next work which follows another pair. Perhaps in that work there will be a bit more clarity about there being incubi in this story, perhaps not. It’s very much an open question when the story comes to its close.