Dear readers of Demonic Tome, I’ll take a moment from the originally planned piece to offer clarity on what the purpose of the Case Study is, how it relates to Demonic Tome, and the content in which it focuses on. I will go ahead and answer various questions we have received in our inbox, and the number was not-so surprising knowing how unorthodox the content of the previous Case Study was. Question 1: What is with the title? Trying to develop a title that captures exactly what this column is intended to do was a challenge we found ourselves facing. Oliver suggested “Case Study” as it would be a title that informs the reader that they are about to read a piece that will be examining something with the intent of being as non-biased as possible, only suggesting to question.

The more edgier approach was offered by Jen, who will be making contributions later on, titled “What the Fuck” which was a deviation of my suggested title, “Our Fucked-Up World” while both titles grab attention, they offer no reserve for neutrality, instead it insists that we would be as opinionated as possible.

Question 2: Why in Demonic Tome? Demonic Tome started out primarily focusing on the stories, but it showcased a small and mild sort of columnists, unfortunately the members were not so dedicated and thus some of it suffered in ways that make credibility seem flawed; however, I‟m not trying to say anything bad about any of them, in fact one has taken a silence in approach to find his writing style. I don‟t question their drive and desire, I just work with it the best I can. I wanted to have a philosophical voice in the magazine, and there is an old saying that if you want something done right you better do it yourself, so here I am assigned to the project.

Question 3: You guys aren‟t going to start going over fetishes and stuff are you? We are not a cosmo mag, nor do we ever wish to pretend to be one. We are a magazine that focuses on the darker side of literature, thus the desire for stories containing elements of horror, dark fantasy, and even eerie sci-fi; furthermore, the “Case Study” is to focus on the darker side of our (global) society, so something like Bukkake, which is viewed by the common person and society as an undesired sort of fetish, has the right to mentioned here.

Question 4: Are you afraid of alienating fans? I am aware that some fans may not like what is discussed in the “Case Study” but they are free to restrain themselves from reading that section and take part in what they like, the stories. Not everything we cover will be sexual, but most of it will be “odd”, using the term in the most non-biased way in relation to the perspective of society. Question 5: What else do you plane on covering? Well, anything that has to do with human nature and the puzzeling ways that we act, which, essentially, is limitless. Humans are the greatest at using logic to forge some of the oddest ideals, following them, dedicated to them, and even shedding blood for them; however, on the contrary, humans are the greatest at developing better methods by crafting better tools, which grant us better insight. As for a list of what we have so far: 1. Self-mummification 2. Sexual attraction to Objects 3. The Idea of Justice 4. The Idea of Reasonable 5. Phenomenology This is just a short list of things and is not in any way depicting order of any sort.