Just a little reading tip for you aficionados of the macabre out there:
"Johannes Cabal, the Necromancer" by Jonathan L. Howard.
I'm currently devouring this as an audio-book. It's so hilarious. You can't listen to this in public places because people might think you're a loonie, as you will burst out laughing regularly.
Here's a brief synopsis:
Johannes Cabal, a brilliant scientist and notorious snob, is single-mindedly obsessed in heart and soul with raising the dead. Well, perhaps not soul... He hastily sold his years ago in order to learn the laws of necromancy. But now, tormented by a dark secret, he travels to the fiery pits of Hell to retrieve it. Satan, who is incredibly bored these days, proposes a little wager: Johannes has one year to persuade one hundred people to sign over their souls or he will be damned forever.
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The author is a Brit and the language he uses is just marvellous. My favourite expression so far: "physical diplomacy" (i.e.: beating the shit out of someone)
