Looking for an Author and/or Title

[Abraxas]

In this thread Piratecat mentions a short story in which Adam and Eve stand up to God after eating the forbidden fruit and he basically tells them that that is what he has been waiting for.

http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=779&page=57&pp=20

I'm pretty sure it was in a collection of religious fiction and it included another story where a women meets a stranger in the park who talks about how oppressed he is and it turns out he is satan.

If anyone else has read a short story like these and can remember the titles and or authors and could post one or both here it would be greatly appreciated.

 

[haiiro]

I'm reasonably adept with Google, and half an hour searching got me nothing. Frustrating. :\

 

[Abraxas]

Same Here.

What really bugs me is I know I owned the book it was in at one time and can't find it.

 

[FireLance]

I remember reading a story like that which was either written by Isaac Asimov or part of an anthology compiled or edited by him. Hope that helps. If you do find it, please post the author and title of the story, because I'm curious too.

 

[Abraxas]

The story about Adam and Eve is John Morressy's "Final Version"

The story about the devil is Eric Frank Russell's "Displaced Person".

They are both in 100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories

Here is a link to the first story: http://www.panix.com/~rmcgee/JMorressy_FinalVersion.htm

 

[FireLance]

Thanks, Abraxas . It was nice to re-read that again.

 

[Rackhir]

My thanks as well.