It is a URL typed in the smallest font: https://wickedbeastmagictypewriter.com
Alan immediately goes to his laptop and types the URL in his browser. As the web page starts to open, a tight shock moves through his whole body, going like a lighting strike through his heart, as a picture of his typewriter immediately loads on screen.
The legend on top says: THE MAGIC TYPEWRITER OF THE BEAST.
As he starts reading, he feels how his heart sinks deeper and deeper as the darkness of utter despair falls down over him. He had bitten into something, which is too big and dangerous for him to chew. He will not come out of this alive.
The article was written by Eric Du Bois. A man who dedicated his life to study the life of a man they called the wickedest man in the world, the Great Magician or the Great Beast. He studied this man's life in the smallest detail and found out things even his biographers did not know. This specific article was about the typewriter that is standing on Alan's desk, only a few centimeters from where he is sitting. The same typewriter that he wrote several best sellers with so far already.
The research into the typewriter was not easy, as many people did not even know of its existence. It was only when I read an article by the Great Beast himself - which he wrote for Eldritch Extreme magazine that I came upon him mentioning the typewriter. "With my typewriter, which was washed in the blood of the great Asruhahal, I can type anything and as many words as I like in the shortest time possible." These words immediately put this writer searching.
After talking to many wizards and even Satanists this writer found one who had a little knowledge about the typewriter. The typewriter is an ordinary Brother ZM2000 typewriter, which The Great Magician consecrated via a satanic ritual. 'Washed in the blood of Asruhahal', means that it was consecrated in an extreme ritual. Such a ritual - where a human had to die - gives the typewriter permanent magical powers, energized by a major-demon.
This was not something new and many great writers, inventors and even magicians used this method to consecrate their own writing instruments. After such a consecration the writing instrument, which was usually a pen could write faster, better and deliver copy that were instant master pieces. Such a pen could also never be destroyed, stolen or lost.
Once the writing instrument was consecrated through the ritual, no further rituals are necessary. Whomever uses that writing instrument also uses the magical powers inherent in it, without asking for it. It is the same as if the original owner is using it.
The ritual, where the writing instrument was consecrated, calls in the help of the demon. Whenever that writing instrument was used, it was the demon who did all the writing via the pen. The Great Beast just modernized the concept by choosing a typewriter as his writing instrument.
The Great Magician was a prolific writer of poetry, novels, articles, essays, etc. He wrote over 10 000 works that just seemed to appear like magic from his hand week after week. People could never understand how he could write so fast and so well at the same time.
Further research shows that this same typewriter found its way to the United States in a most unusual way. It was brought here by an Algerian who fled to the United States. He came here via Egypt. This Algerian was Tefnut Faizabad, who was wanted by the Algerian government for a series of articles that he wrote in his home country. Faizabd fled from Algeria to Egypt.
Now for the short time that he was in Egypt, he came across the typewriter in one way or the other. There are rumors that he got it in an illegal way. Whether this is so or not there are no proof for, but he arrived in New York with the typewriter in its special carry-case.
Once he was here in the land of the free, Tefnut Faizabad immediately tried to get rid of the writing machine. He denied to all who would listen that he stole the machine. Why would he, he was a writer himself he would say. But the way that he was clearly desperate to get rid of it, prevented anyone else from buying it from him. Why was he so desperate to get rid of it? There are actually many stories of his sheer desperation and of the lengths; he would go to, to get rid of the Brother ZM2000.
People even suggested that he should then just throw it away or "forget" it somewhere, when they saw that he wanted to get rid of it, just for the sake of getting rid of it.
He would then mumble under his breath in his broken English that it can only be accepted by a willing heart and throwing it away will never get rid of it. People did not know what that meant, but after that, people tried to avoid him as much as they could.
Tefnut Faizabad then moved to California. On his arrival in Hollywood he succeeded in selling the typewriter to a young and upcoming screenwriter almost immediately. Faizabad got clever through his lack of success in selling the typewriter in New York. There he just wanted to sell it as a typewriter. Here in California he now called it a magic Algerian Typewriter that would help any author write better and faster. In addition, he did not seemed to be desperate to sell it.
He even seemed a bit reluctant to sell the typewriter and as any good salesman knows, this drive your customers wild.
After selling the typewriter, the Algerian disappeared as if he never existed. The last official record of him is written in the book-in register of the Dark Desert Hotel. Then all traces are lost.
The writer who bought the writing machine suddenly had unprecedented success in his writing endeavors now. Where he was an average writer before, he now became an excellent writer. Several Hollywood blockbusters rolled off his typewriter as if it was nothing. People were surprised at how fast he could write and how good his writing was. You can never just read one of his books, was something that people liked to say.
This writer is not going to mention the name of the author who bought the typewriter or his books and movies. Although the writer is dead, his estate can still sue, as there are no real evidence that can be used in a court of law for the allegations made here. This is for the information of the reader only and they must decide for themselves if they believe this or not. Those who need to read this will immediately be able to make a distinction.
This writer, however, can swear on a stack of bibles that after researching this article, he read a book by the mentioned Hollywood writer. That was the best he ever read and after finishing the book, he really hungered for more. So if this book was written by that 'magic' typewriter, then what is said about it must be true; unless of course the writer was simply super talented.
The movies made from scripts provided by this author are some of the greatest classics ever produced and are still being studied and talked about by the art connoisseurs and movie buffs.
The typewriter itself is really nondescript and if it still exists today will look completely old fashioned and will not demand a second look - maybe from collectors, museum personnel, etc. yes, but definitely not from your ordinary citizen.
Due to the magic inherent in it, the typewriter will never wear down and it will last forever.
It gets magical power from the demon Asruhahal. Asruhahal is one of the five demons sitting by the throne of hell, always advising the great one. Asruhahal is considered the patron-demon of all forms of art and invention. Anyone who types on the typewriter will automatically and without any effort from their side, bring out great stories as well as great inventions. The writer will not easily tire and will accomplish very speedily a great amount of a work in a relative short time. This is all powered by the demon.
So far, no amount of research could reveal exactly how the demon powers the typewriter. However, as with all possessed objects, the objects are usually broadcasters. The demon cannot interact with the real world, as that will kill the human it interacts with. So the object, whether it is a pen or a typewriter will act as a broadcaster that works both ways.
It broadcasts to the demon what the human writer wants and then the demon broadcast the story to the writer via the machine.
The machine thus connects on a metaphysical level with the one pressing the keys. It automatically assumes that the one pressing its keys is its owner. On that same level, it also connects with the demon who sends his message through and helps the writer in every way possible. If the human is a writer or an inventor, there is no way that he cannot have success when he uses the typewriter.
This writer's research so far did not determine what the price is that the demon demands for his efforts. One thing is for certain, once a writer starts using the typewriter, he cannot just stop using it via normal ways. With a demon involved, there will definitely be a price and it is always way out of proportion to what the human gets from it. This has been proven in many of my other research (see The Demon Always Demand A Price, here).
The Great Magician himself did not use the typewriter that much anymore by the time the Algerian got hold of it. No one knows if he gave it to the Algerian or if it was stolen and then sold to the Algerian. The Great Magician had more writing instruments like these, so the loss of one would not bother him that much. It would actually work in his favor, because it would help spread his message further, wider and quicker.
On this point, it must be noted that a by-product of typing on this typewriter is that whatever is typed on it, hooks the reader to the work. Once they read one book or story, they also want to read other stories by that writer. This causes a chain reaction that just keeps going and going.
It is guaranteed that any writer, no matter how mediocre he is, will have great success when typing his stories on this typewriter.
The Great Magician had his initials burned out on the left hand side of the typewriter to show whom he represents and who was responsible for the power of the typewriter.
The path of the typewriter has been lost in Hollywood and no further information about its current location could be found. This writer suspects it is still in Hollywood, being used to bring out the great movies that people all over the world like to watch, thus spreading the message of the great beast.
If anyone reading this, has any further information about the typewriter, please contact me at watcher@gmail.com
Alan feels the lameness right across his body, after reading the article. He saves the page and then closes his laptop.
That is this typewriter here in front of him. It is a pity they could not find out who the writer was who originally bought the typewriter from the Algerian. That was the writer who must have given it to Jack Sherman. And on his turn, Jack send it to him. To bring him fame and fortune, but also to lead him to his doom.
He thinks he knows who the great magician was with the initials AC. He will look it up later on the Internet, just to make sure.
So this is what it all came to.
He is a great writer now, as he always wanted to be, but he is going to pay with his life for that privilege.
Can something be more terrible than this?
Or maybe not. Maybe he should feel exhilarated. Wasn't he going to die in any case? Dying in the normal fashion would have meant that he would have died as a nobody. Within a week, no one except his closest family would even remember him. Now people will still be talking and reading his works hundreds of years after his dead.
Like Jack Sherman said in his letter: There is always a price to pay. The higher the price, the higher the reward.
There is a difficult part that you first have to get over and then you will be in the valley of success. Once you are there, you write your own paycheck and nothing is impossible for you. You have become a god.
He has all the success that he always wanted, but he had to pay a price for that. Okay a price he does not like. The question is; if he knew what would happen if he used the typewriter, would he still have used it or not? That is very difficult to answer, but in the back of his mind, he knows very well what the answer is.
Like Solita said, he always had an obsession about writing above everything else. It is only now, after reaching the success that he always wanted that he feels better and that he knows that obsession is gone. Even other people are noticing it. He also feels much more relaxed.
So is this whole thing actually so bad?
He had his life. He did not enjoy a large part of it. Not because of any physical problems. No, he did not enjoy his life because of psychological problems, all which came from his obsession with writing. It led him into lots of dark and dangerous paths, but luckily, he survived them all. Until the typewriter found him.
Now, he can lead the life that he always wanted to lead. He is a famous writer, whose name will always live on. Yes, he will leave a legacy behind. He will know that his daughter is well cared for and has everything that she will ever need. And she will for always be known as the daughter of Alan Chase, even if she becomes well known in her own right.
He makes the decision on the spot to write as much as he can, while he still can. The typewriter is a blessing and he must spread the word.
He will write Irena a letter explaining everything, except about the typewriter, of course. He wants to be the last person on this earth to use the typewriter. The typewriter is something, which must be destroyed in one way or the other. Irena can then live the life that she is destined for, not having to worry about where the money is going to come from.
She has been talking about becoming a writer herself, but so far, he did his best to discourage her. He first wants her to study for a career that she will always know she can fall back on. Once she has that, she can write as much as she wants. She should not make the same mistake he made when he was her age.
He sits down in front of the Brother ZM2000 and takes off its cover. He rolls a blank A4 page onto the platen. His heart sings, knowing that soon that page will be filled with his thoughts. Anything that he writes on this typewriter means money in the bank for him.
Then the bar keys suddenly starts moving at lightning speed over the paper as the typewriter types out a message of its own.
There is a way that you can avoid the heavy price that the typewriter demands...
CONTINUE READING...
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