{"id":2100,"date":"2016-09-05T21:53:32","date_gmt":"2016-09-05T16:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fableandi.com\/?p=2100"},"modified":"2020-03-04T16:15:37","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T10:45:37","slug":"summer-melted-everything-tiffany-mcdaniel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebooksatchel.com\/summer-melted-everything-tiffany-mcdaniel\/","title":{"rendered":"The Summer that Melted Everything by Tiffany McDaniel – When the Devil Pays a Vist"},"content":{"rendered":"
In The Summer that Melted Everything<\/em> prosecutor invites the devil to his town. The whole town is surprised when a 13 year old black boy named Sal turns up. The boy brings with him a scorching heat and unexplainable occurrences. Is he actually the devil?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Autopsy Bliss is a prosecutor who believes in impartial justice and lives in Breathed, a town in Ohio. His wife is scared of stepping outdoors and terrified of rain. They live in a house with their two sons in which each room is decorated in the likeness of various countries that she fancies..<\/p>\n <\/p>\n When prosecutor Autopsy Bliss puts an advertisement in the newspaper inviting the devil to visit their town, on an impulse, \u00a0everyone laughs. Until one day a black boy in overalls, without horns or a pitch fork, comes to town proclaiming himself as the devil. He has a bowl and a spoon in hand and asks for ice cream. But the whole town doesn\u2019t seem to have any.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He is invited to stay at the Bliss house and becomes fast friends with the youngest son Fielding. The Bliss family doesn\u2019t believe he is the devil. But the boy seems to know the darkest secrets of the townsfolk. The townspeople find a leader in Elohim who is convinced about the evil in the boy ever since he set his eyes on him. Bizarre events happen around the town and the temperature shoots to an unbelievably high level when the devil decides to stay. What all does this summer melt?<\/p>\n <\/p>\nIn Brief<\/h3>\n