Bring me the head of Prince Charming
by Roger Zelazny
People feared, back in the Middle Ages, that the world would end
with the millenium. Nor were they incorrect. It does this every millenium,
only nobody notices -- except for the Forces of Good and Evil, who vie
for the control of the universe every thousand years. Bring me the head of
Prince Charming concerns the efforts the efforts of one Azzie Elbub,
demon, to win the Millennial Evil Deeds award for the year 1000, given
to the being whose acts do the most toward reshaping the world. Azzie's
proposal to the Powers of Dark is simple: He will create a Prince Charming
and a Sleeping Beauty. In time-honored fairy-tale fashion, the prince
will fight his way through numerous perils to reach the side of the spellbound
princess -- at which point Azzie's evil twist will ensure that the
Powers of Dark will win the grand prize. But even with an unlimited
satanic credit card to order up an evil he needs, Azzie's plan is in trouble
from the beginning...
Sleeping Beauty
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