Demon Freaks, by J.R.R.R. (jim) Hardison begins by introducing Bing and Ron Slaughter, fraternal twin brothes, with vastly different styles and personalities (so seriously, why bother making them twins at all). Bing, named after the crooner, Crosby, is the weak stomached , gauntish, thinker, with black hair, and penchant for British Punk Rock garb. Ron, who’s namesake is the happymeal pushing clown of fast-food fame, sports, the body mass, pigment, and get-it-done attitude his minutes older brother lacks. With long blonde hair, jeans, and a gaudy Hawaiian shirt, he affects more of a surfer-grunge look. These boys are in an angsty teen band along with a pair of their friends. Kaitlyn Krimpson is the long time classmate and unrequited crush of the brothers. She is smart but flakey; and, perpetually late, due to an obession with showering. Prathmesh Kimitri, aka Meat (complete with allusion to A.T.H.F.) is an East Indian lad, atypical of the common stereotype. He is the unkempt , doofy, class-clown, with no qualms about spoofing his wealthy, pseudo-celeberty father. …show more content…
Normally, this man would be of no of true relevance; but , only a few pages later, in the darkness of a secluded cabin’s power outage, in the midst of a freak strom, Brom’s ruddy, maniacal form lurches out of nowhere. After he trys to slice the three boys to ribbons (Kaitlyn is M.I.A.), he manages to accidentally knock himself out and get tied up by his would-be victims. Hot on the teacher’s tail are the Servants of Darkness. Bing remarks of them, a la screaming fit, “People don’t have glowing eyes”. True; but, what these folks do have is purple death magic, and a psychic link to Beelzebub’s kitchen cutlery. Throw in an elitest secret society, posession, a car chase, a few nods to the realms of sci-fi and fantasy geeks, and you have a taste of what the author is