ACADEMIC SATIRE
FANTASY FOR FACULTY

Most academic administrators only think they work with demons from hell...

Welcome to the Royal Academy at Osyth, where faculty summon demons in the sub-basement, stay out all night following vampires, trap incubi in rabbits, argue about embedded sexism in the structure of magical spells, and create new laws of nature - all of it sandwiched in between meetings and teaching responsibilities.

These are stories about a modern academy for modern academics, who know there really are demons in the basement.

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None of Anders Regans' colleagues in Demonology would have voted him most likely to become a god, but what did they know? A mild-mannered botanist finds himself embroiled in plant pornography, dryad rights, and the theology of conference door-prizes. Illustrated by Georgie Schnobrich.

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What happens when you put the Demonology Department's resident curmudgeon in charge of the world's messiest, most dangerous research museum? Garnish with holiday trimmings, a dragon, and a banshee in the basement, and there's sure to be trouble at the Royal Academy.

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William Harrison Gracile, enchanter and Development Officer extraordinaire, has never met a woman he can't handle -- until he finds himself caught between a maker of dreams and the Academy's professional lecher.
Previously reprinted in Year's Best Fantasy 3.

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Some jobs are more trouble than they're worth ...
the Demonology department's newest member, Hiram Rho, tries to gain his footing among colleagues with specialties like vampirology, classical lechery, and postmodern feminist demonology. Before Rho has been on campus a month he has acquired an affectionate demon with a plan to take over the department, the two senior demonologists have lost their souls and their health insurance, and Rho's problems have embroiled everyone from the mysterious Alchemy faculty to the pigeons on his window ledge.

It's spring break. Demonology faculty have scattered to the four winds except for Neil Torecki and Teddy Whin, who venture into the alchemists' study garden to rescue a lost colleague. They don't know that the garden opens into an ancient prison for dissident alchemists, or that the world's most dangerous possessing demon has taken refuge there, feeding on the prisoners while it plots to take over leadership of a major religion.
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Entertaining and Smart Her world is engaging and unexpected ... consider it the Harry Potter series told from the perspective of the magic teachers. This makes this novel a great read for adults and also a fresh perspective on the whole wizardry thing. Highly recommended!"

A journalist, Amazon review

... a much more interesting take on demonology than the more traditional realm-of-hell version...definitely recommended

Cold Iron and Rowan Wood

I was delighted to come across this wry, inventive fantasy... Anyone who's spent time at a university will recognize the place...
I'd recommend this to anyone who appreciates academic life, spells, counter-spells, supernatural battles, and the charms of discourse.

5 stars from
Sofia Samatar

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