DEATH BEFORE BIRTH James Harper
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In the last weeks of her pregnancy, she had become convinced she carried the devil; not a demon, not a djinn, not an evil spirit, she knew it as a devil. And Sue Tulsa had learned the difference between the castes of evil, because her family knew the importance of teaching the distinctions among the nether forms. After all, how could one expect to defend against or even ward off a being of iniquity without proper knowledge of its true nature or class?
That morning, those thoughts pressed on her more than ever while she strived to help her husband. Her instinct told her the baby she now carried caused his pain. As he lay stretched out on the living room couch, clutching his abdomen, she gathered her keys and purse. His screams filled her
