Devil of the Second Stairs
by George Herman

Highlights

Female

All Women

A remote priory is the center for local missionary activity.

It is winter and the nuns are preparing for the burial of a deceased sister.

As they are singing the Miserere, a warm wind rushes through the chapel and the dead nun sits up in her coffin and laughs!

Thus begins for the community of nuns a week of terror, voodoo, suspicion, diabolical possession and attendant horrors.

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Sister Helene about 20, tall, newly professed, intelligent.	—	—	about 20, tall, newly professed, intelligent.
Sister Louise also about 20, gentle and dedicated, also newly professed.	—	—	also about 20, gentle and dedicated, also newly professed.
Sister Anne thin, glasses, about 40, a professional, gifted with a sense of humor.	—	—	thin, glasses, about 40, a professional, gifted with a sense of humor.
Sister Janet an African-American woman, about 30, speaks in a clipped, crisp Bahamian accent, impressionable.	female	—	an African-American woman, about 30, speaks in a clipped, crisp Bahamian accent, impressionable.
Sister Mary mid-30's, a little overweight, generous, warm, ethusiastic.	—	30s	mid-30's, a little overweight, generous, warm, ethusiastic.
Sister Carol about 22, beautiful, a victim of innocent over-simplification.	—	—	about 22, beautiful, a victim of innocent over-simplification.
Mother Margaret actually her age is indeterminate, glasses, inscrutable, perceptive.	female	—	actually her age is indeterminate, glasses, inscrutable, perceptive.
Sister Judith very old, glasses, small and wizened.	—	—	very old, glasses, small and wizened.
Sister Monica about 50, suspicious, exact6ing and authoritative.	—	—	about 50, suspicious, exact6ing and authoritative.