Not much to it. ( )

A short story of Stark getting used to being Lucifer. ( )

A teaser short story between the 3rd and 4th Sandman Slim novels. Stark, who is now Lucifer, is sent on a mission, which it turns out is battling a former Lord of the Underworld, whom Samael defeated to become the Lucifer prior to Stark. Inadequate in all respects. ( )

Nice story, giving us a hint of what being Lucifer will do to Stark. Short and … well, not sweet at all, as Stark discovers, then forgets, that he's not the second but the third Lucifer. ( )

I'd never read any of the Sandman Slim stories before, and this one popped up in my recommendations. It sounded like the short story could be read as a stand-alone, and indeed the story wasn't difficult to follow without the previous novels as background material. The story was fairly well written, but the portrayal of the protagonist was a bit over the top. A lot of Stark's lines - both the spoken ones and the internal thoughts - sound like they'd be entertaining in a film noir, but didn't translate well for me in written form. It's a decent story, well edited, and I'm glad I finished it, but I don't know that I will pick up more books in the series. ( )