Deal with
the Devil
Every desire has a shadow.
What would yours cost?
A fictional Faustian bargain. No real contract, ritual,
or supernatural exchange.
- 01The desire
- 02The price
- 03The signature
What do you desire?
In this story, Mephistopheles offers a shortcut. Choose the promise that tempts you.
Behind the bargain
The familiar deal—worldly success in exchange for a soul—belongs largely to later Christian legend and literature, not a standard biblical contract. In Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus, the pact gives Faustus twenty-four years of service from Mephistopheles. Goethe’s Faust reshapes the bargain as a wager about satisfaction.
This experience is original fiction inspired by that literary motif, not a passage from the source book or a reconstruction of either drama. It asks an old question: not only “What will I gain?” but “What might I lose in becoming the person who gains it?”