Dance away the demons! Another good entry. Very interesting. I’m not entirely sure how I feel about Tom. He seems a little odd, a lot selfish, and (visually) a hilarious person. That middle little description of his activities actually made me like him a little bit. Just because he doesn’t seem to care about anything but his own soul!
I love all of the bits in italics. The combination of slogans at the top and the little ‘prayer’ at the end. Really wraps up the character in a great situation.
But I’m still confused over his character. Did you want us to like him or not?
@abby – you had the reaction i was looking for: ambivalent; alternately torn between liking him, and despising him. street preachers tend to fixate on doom-gloom – but its not in tom’s nature, he just happens to have fallen into that fold. unfortunately, i don’t have a fleshed out back-story, or a future plot for him.