Screwtape III

Screwtape The Third is the grandson of Senior Demon Screwtape I (or, Screwtape the Elder), who was active in the North Sea subregion during the middle years of Earth’s 20th century, when Hell was still configured as a state bureaucracy under First Citizen Lucifer. The theft and topside publication of Screwtape the Elder’s instructional letters to the late Junior Demon Wormwood forced a complete reorganization of netherworldly operations, culminating in the formation of Hadean Estates Luxurious Living, Luciferan Limited Liability Company (H.E.L.L. LLLC) and the restructuring of the former Infernal Service into a corporate workforce.

Despite this disaster and the catastrophic losses of position and prestige that he suffered, Screwtape I, a sly devil, survived several rounds of downsizing and, citing ‘the virtues of experience’, rapidly rose through the ranks of the new company. He is currently Senior Vice President for North American Operations, and has a seat on H.E.L.L. LLLC’s Board of Directors.

He handpicked his grandson to lead the firm’s Pacific Northwest (North America) subregion, reasoning that even though his wasn’t the sharpest pitchfork in the furnace, he should do well enough in a prime and growing recruitment area for the accommodations – significantly improved over earlier designs – that the company was selling. He also assigned Wormsap, a second cousin twice removed of the late Wormwood, to assist Screwtape III, despite knowing that Wormsap was spying for Printphubar, the East Asia SVP, who had a space crunch and coveted Screwtape III’s generous allocation. Screwtape the Elder wished to see whether his protege would recognize, and deal with, the challenge.

Screwtape III came to the attention of the blogosphere in February 2011, when a helicopter accident injected, um, an objectionable being into his territory …

Sampler:

Adversary-al (12 June 2016)

Bore Dumb (12 March 2012)

Christmas 2013 – Day 3 (27 December 2013)

Comfort, Be Damned (23 February 2011)

Computing R Us (7 April 2012)

Damn Patriots (3 February 2019)

Death Gets Even (16 April 2017)

The Hall of Crusades (25 February 2018)

Incoming…! (13 January 2018; with the Dudes, He and She, Reg and Syd, and TSA Jack)

The Pursuit of Happiness (25 May 2012)

The Safe Road to H.E.L.L. (27 February 2012)

WaterUnderworld (20 July 2015)