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  • He lives in a haunted house with his horrific-looking but kindly father and his beautiful, but blue, mother, with a small red demon-like dog and a host of yucky monsters.

    Archive 2009-07-01 Heather McDougal 2009

  • He lives in a haunted house with his horrific-looking but kindly father and his beautiful, but blue, mother, with a small red demon-like dog and a host of yucky monsters.

    Little Vampire (and Other Little Folk) Heather McDougal 2009

  • The only things about Bill Nelson that are even remotely moon demon-like are the fact that he has eight rows of metal teeth, and before he is willing to vote on a bill in the Senate he always tacks on the rider, “and we must set aside eight or more humans for myself, Bill Nelson, to eat, because I am in fact a moon demon.”

    Barack Obama DESTROYS THE MOON (program) | Manolith 2010

  • In Austria as well as elsewhere in central Europe, St. Nicholas is accompanied by Krampus, a truly sinister, demon-like creature who bears a whip and a sack for misbehaved children.

    The World's Most Bizarre Christmas Traditions The Huffington Post 2010

  • By mis chance he comes to the attention of Jafar and only his quick wit and poetry quoting saves young Ismail from mutilation for theft; the Wazir likes the boy's quick wit and in typical Arabian Nights fortune reversal he sends Ismail to Abu Nuwas as his apprentice to help him investigate a demon-like apparition in Baghdad.

    "The Father of Locks" by Andrew Killeen (reviewed by Liviu Suciu) Liviu 2009

  • Cyclops is torn up by the disappearance of his love Jean with the Professor, Storm is ever-noble yet tough, The Beast still furry and brilliant, Nightcrawler the blue demon-like transporter who can move in a puff of — what else? brimstone is also on hand, plus sexy hottie one-time villainess now on the side of…ah, good, Emma Frost, smart-as-a-whip Kitty “Shadowcat” Pryde, who can make herselfintangible.

    Buzzine » X-Men Mark the Spot 2009

  • An indulgence in evil behavior would cause a person to become demon-like, and atonement could cause a person to be angelic.

    Xanax of the caveman: neuropsychology of unity of existence and prayers; Part II 2009

  • But rather than stumble upon the militants they are expecting to find, they encounter a demon-like menace unlike the world has ever seen and must re-think their strategy and figure out a way to survive this confounding and rapidly growing evil.

    Virulents Lands at New Regency | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

  • Synopsis: Down-and-out private detective John Justin Mallory must steal an object from the Grundy, his demon-like enemy in an alternate Manhattan populated with fantastical creatures, to satisfy the Chinese Sandman that stole his partner's dream.

    REVIEW: New Dreams for Old by Mike Resnick 2007

  • By mis chance he comes to the attention of Jafar and only his quick wit and poetry quoting saves young Ismail from mutilation for theft; the Wazir likes the boy's quick wit and in typical Arabian Nights fortune reversal he sends Ismail to Abu Nuwas as his apprentice to help him investigate a demon-like apparition in Baghdad.

    Archive 2009-08-01 Liviu 2009

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