God looks across the table at Satan. Their monthly meeting almost over.
“I went to the crossroads yesterday. Meet a boy with a guitar.” God dramatically pauses.
Satan spits out his fermented rare beast. He starts laughing his best maniacal laughter.
“You know the soul is traded for playing that guitar!”
“Silence!” God’s voice shakes the world. “You fool! I told him, he well play the most popular music ever! Glorious choruses! He’ll possess an angel’s voice.”
“Almighty, you know music doesn’t have….. the same soul. Violence, drugs, broken lives… why it isn’t even my birthday!” Satan cackles. His red face glowing with envy over the rich feelings from taking souls.
“He will play Christian rock. Psalms from the holiest book! The most popular book ever printed! He will spread my word!” God again shaking the world with the voice.
“Good luck with that God. I’m guessing we can bet lunch on my trip tomorrow. Give it a year, see who sells more. …. deal?!” Satan hisses.
Written as part of a weekly challenge called Flash Fiction for Aspiring writers. https://flashfictionforaspiringwriters.wordpress.com/2016/02/29/fffaw-week-of-03-01-2016/
Coloring Outside the Lines 
Wow! What a brilliant take. I wish someone could slap Satan a bit.
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Thank you. I like the out of the box stuff. Careful, if a non violent person slaps Satan, he wins
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Loved your conversational ideas for the prompt! Well done!
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The good versus evil battle weird every time. Thank you very much.
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Clever tale! Wow. I am somewhat reminded of my favorite Christian band, Casting Crowns. I’m betting on faith over drugs all the way. 😀 Nice take on the prompt!
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It’s all a game. Play quick or long. Faith wins the long game. Thanks for the kind words. I appreciate it.
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Brilliant. Isn’t there a song about the devil playing in a fiddler duel for souls, in Georgia? Great read!!
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http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/charliedanielsband/thedevilwentdowntogeorgia.html
I thought of that when I read your post. Nice work.
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I love the adding. It’s been too long since I heard it. The song creates such a strong image in my mind
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Charles Daniels band did “Devil Went Down to Georgia”. A fiddle of gold against your soul because I think I’m better than you! But the game starts before then… or Eric Clapton’s “Crossroads”.
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Interesting take. Will he become a Christian rockstar or fall into a life of many rockstars of drugs, sex, and alcohol. I wouldn’t bet against God, he created even Satan as an angel before the fall after all, so I think he has a bit more time and power on his side.
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Time rewards Faith. But the interesting question, would there be a place for bet? Short term versus long term which would be played out?
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Oh this is very interesting and different.
If he holds onto his faith instead of chasing fame perhaps God will win.
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If the race is a sprint or marathon, things change. Faith would win long term. Eventually, we all have the come to religion point. But what if we’re pawns in a cosmic game of chess. Thanks for the kind words. Much appreciated. 😀
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Wonderful story, Mark! Seems a lot of Christian Rock bands end up going to the other side and your story tells that well!
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Role reversal is the ultimate challenge. The idea of long term Faith usually wins but short term dark things are awful attractive. I had the John Mellencamp song in my head with the picture (the link at the bottom). How to work it in was the problem.
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I listened to that song but I couldn’t hear it very well (I’m on an iPad). You are right about that faith wins out in the long term but the dark side is very tempting for the short term.
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YouTube isn’t always the best either. My iPad is funny with sound. It doesn’t do tv shows well.
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I have never tried getting tv shows with mine. Mine is getting old and it is probably time for a new one. It’s 3 years old.
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We probably have the same model. I usually write on my phone and read on IPad. You can’t beat the screen on the IPad.
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Yes, that is true. I just recently got an iPhone 6 and am still learning to use it. I only got the 16G so I probably won’t do a lot on it.
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I’m ready to replace phones. My wife wants iPhone. I have Samsung S3. She needs simpler phone. So I may be learning iPhone too
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So far it has been very easy. I have learned a few things from UTube videos. Plus, I downloaded the manual for it. (Haven’t really used that much).
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I may need those too. So when I get the call saying my phone doesn’t work, I’ll have an answer. 😉
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LOL!
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I agree! 🙂
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Thank you very much. Ethics make great story background. So many questions but the answers are so similar. 😀
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Yes they are! 🙂
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