FIERY FIENDS

"When you eat a boiled egg, be sure to poke a hole in the bottom of the shell to let the devil out, lest you turn into someone else.”

The above is an old, West Virginian saying pertaining to Deviled Eggs—eggs that have been laid by a hen possessed by an Infernal Imp. When an Infernal Imp feels death draw near, it devises a way to go out in one final blaze of destruction. Most of these fire imps seek out a dry forest or closely constructed buildings—engulfing them in flame before their demise; however, others think more long-term, invading chicken coops to immerse one hen in a magical fire, taking over its form. For the duration of the possessed hen’s short life (~3 months), all eggs laid are deviled eggs; imp possessed hens are indiscernible from regular hens, aside from these traits: they have a more aggressive nature, their eggs are fertilized without the assistance of a rooster, they will not permit a rooster to breed with them, and…