Interview with the Exorcist: A Darkly Funny Story About Modern Evil (opens in new tab)

The exorcist arrived twenty-three minutes late carrying a paper cup of coffee and the exhausted patience of a man accustomed to hearing modern people confuse spirituality with branding. Outside, October leaves scraped across the church parking lot in nervous little spirals. The sky had gone the color of old bruises. Across the street, a pharmacy glowed with the soft fluorescent despair unique to suburban America, where entire civilizations now appear to operate beneath the emotional atmospher...