Saints and Sinners: Paint Your Dragon and Open Sesame - Tom Holt

Two devilishly funny stories from the master of mayhem

PAINT YOUR DRAGON

When sculptress Bianca Wilson’s recreation of Saint George and his scaly chum gets a bit too life-like, it opens up a real can of wyrms and puts a whole new slant on the cosmic battle between Good and Evil. The dragon knows that Evil got a raw deal and is looking to set the record straight. And George (who cheated) thinks the record’s just fine as it is.

OPEN SESAME

Moments from a hideous death, Akram the Terrible, the most feared thief in Baghdad, knew that his life was supposed to flash before his eyes. But it didn’t. Because all this had happened before. Many times. And he was damned if he was going to let it happen again, just because he was a fictional character. Meanwhile, back in Southampton, Michelle gets a shock when she puts on her aunt’s ring and the computer and the telephone start to bitch at her. But that’s nothing compared to what the kitchen appliances have to say…