Writing in Hell

**Writing and literature** makes up an integral part of the society within Hell. All beings within Hell use a common spoken and written langauge known as Diabolic. For anyone who is in Hell, even those not native to the place, their own language, both spoken and written, will become Diabolic while still appearing to be, to the speaker, their own native tongue. Likewise, any words spoken or written by others, will resemble their language. This is not a physical or visual change, but rather a change in thei mind.

## Books

* ***The Bible – as the Devil reads it*** — A version of the Bible interpreted by Lucifer, which includes additions to already existing biblical tales, such as Adam and Eve's banishment from the Garden of Eden.
* ***A Hell of a Life*** — The autobiography of Lucifer, the Devil. A newly revised edition is released every year, which the Devil forces all devils in Hell to buy.
* ***A Pact with the Devil*** — Chapter 3 reads: *"Give the Devil an inch, and he'll take a mile. Give him a smile and he'll take your soul."* In the English version of the book, the title of this text was changed slightly, as in the Danish version it was given as "Den mundtlige djævlepagt", which literally translates to "The Verbal/Spoken Devil Pact".
* ***Accursed Curses: A Guide to Proper Harassment*** —
* ***Crime and Punishment: The Connection Between Life and Afterlife*** — A book consisting of at least more than ten chapters. Reference to Fyodor Dostoevsky's famous non-fiction book *Crime and Punishment*, which gives insight into the psyche of the criminal and how evil plays into their actions.
* ***The Devil’s Guide to Temptation and Seduction*** —
* ***The Devil and the Seven Deadly Sins*** —
* ***The Greatest Tricks of All Time*** — A book with guides to different tricks and pranks. In chapter 4 appears a recipe to inducing a "bad case of the runs." The recipe reads *"A teaspoon lemon juice, two teaspoons vinegar, and then a pinch of sugar to hide the taste."*
* **Book about rules and regulations for legally valid pacts with the Devil** — A thousand-page book about rules and regulations for legally valid pacts with the Devil. The text is very dry and tortuous, and so can be hard to understand.
* **Lucifer's nightary** —
* **Text about curses and oaths** — This book is several hundreds of pages long, perhaps even longer.

### Soul Books

The Soul Books in the study of Lucifer's castle include journals of every human in the world, and include information about their history, what they have done of good and evil, how they are, things they know about themselves and things they don't know about themselves. The Soul Books and the souls of the humans are closely connected, and if the text of their journal is changed, their soul is also altered, and vice versa. The Soul Books write themselves and are updated automatically and constantly. The journals are ordered in the thick volumes alphabetically by the full name of the humans. For example, Philip Engel's journal is in the Soul Book marked "ENGD-ENGF".

* **Philip Engel's journal** —
* **Sam's journal** —

### Death Books

The Death Books are books in which records of all humans going to Paradise and Hell are kept. Both of the afterlives have their own set of Death Books. The ones in Hell are kept in bookshelves in the gatehouse in front of Hell and is cared for by the gatekeeper of Hell. The ones in Paradise are likewise kept in the gatehouse next to the entrance to Paradise and cared for by the gatekeeper Saint Peter. New Death Books constantly arrives in both gatehouses, creating and writing themselves. In the ones belonging to Hell, one can see which punishments the human is going to receive. The humans are ordered in the books by their names in alphabetical order.

## Newsletters

* ***Hell Times*** — The only newspaper in Hell. Every night the newspaper tells of a condemned who has attempted to escape without any luck.

## References

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Devil's Apprentice*. Høst & Søn, October 19, 2018 (English print-on-demand paperback). Høst & Søn, October 11 2018 (English e-book). (Original Danish version published September 30, 2005 by Høst & Søn)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Die of Death*. Høst & Søn, October 19, 2018 (English print-on-demand paperback). Høst & Søn, October 11 2018 (English e-book). (Original Danish version published August 31, 2007 by Høst & Søn)
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kenneth B. Andersen. *The Wrongful Death*. Høst & Søn, October 19, 2018 (English print-on-demand paperback) (Original Danish version published April 30, 2009 by Høst & Søn)