Plot Summary
The town council's contract states that the demon may only consume those who have broken the law after eleven o'clock at night. The demon is created by the collective nightmares of the townspeople and their children.
The demon takes the physical form of an ordinary man. However, he possesses demonic strength and is enormously hot. The heat is a physical manifestation of the demon's hunger for living flesh. To somewhat reduce that hunger, the demon is kept chained between slabs of dry ice underground in a fallout shelter. The council also feeds him raw meat which he manipulates telekinetically.
The demon is allowed to consume those who break the law after dark. The demon's real wish, however, is to consume the town's young children. Especially a young boy called David.
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