June 2022 Verified ebook for complete book description cover image table of contents separation of book front back matter parts and chapters and epub format error checking Paperback 256 pages Published 2001 Edition Night Shade Books 2009 British Fantasy Society Best Fantasy Novel 2009 How to Make Friends With Demons also published under the title Memoirs of a Master Forger William Heaney is a man well acquainted with demons Not his broken family his wife has left him for a celebrity chef his snobbish teenaged son despises him and his daughters new boyfriend resembles Nosferatu nor his drinking problem nor his unfulfilling government job but real demons For demons are real and William has identified one thousand five hundred and sixtyseven smoky figures dwelling on the shadowy fringes of human life influencing our decisions with their sweet and poisoned voices After a series of seemingly unconnected personal encounters with a beautiful and captivating woman met in the company of an infuriating poet a troubled and damaged veteran of Desert Storm with demons of his own and an old school acquaintance with whom he shared a mystical occult ritual William Heaneys life is thrown into a direction he does not fully comprehend Past and present collide Longdormant choices and forgotten deceptions surface Secrets threaten to become exposed To weather the changes William Heaney must learn one thing how to make friends with demons