Project Gutenberg 2023-12-15 Public domain in the USA. 105 Bone, Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin) 1916 2006 Bone, Jesse Franklin Bone, J.F. Bone, J. F. (Jesse Franklin) Coye, Lee Brown 1907 1981 For service rendered $aNew York, NY :$bZiff-Davis Publishing Company, $c1963. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "For Service Rendered" by J. F. Bone is a science fiction story written in the early 1960s. The narrative explores the unexpected intersection of a human, Miss Enid Twilley, and a Devi named Lyf, who emerges from her malfunctioning television set. The story delves into themes of desire, transformation, and the human condition through the lens of an otherworldly encounter. The plot centers on Miss Twilley, a lonely and unattractive woman who discovers that she has terminal cancer. After a shocking visit from Lyf, who claims to possess remarkable abilities, she is offered a deal: ten years of health, beauty, and wealth in exchange for her body after that period. As the story unfolds, Miss Twilley grapples with her self-image, societal norms, and the moral implications of this pact with a being from another world. The narrative ultimately examines the price of fulfillment and the lengths to which one may go to escape the constraints of their existence, concluding with Miss Twilley’s decision to accept Lyf's offer, leaving her future shrouded in both hope and uncertainty. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20231124082207bone 1963 US Reading ease score: 78.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Short stories Fantasy fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 63547 2025-07-28T14:22:47.192888 text/html 38991 2023-12-15T13:59:32 text/html 420090 2025-07-28T14:22:50.598932 application/epub+zip 418837 2025-07-28T14:22:48.611884 application/epub+zip 257784 2025-07-28T14:22:47.782922 application/epub+zip 1105984 2025-07-28T14:22:52.057875 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1098309 2025-07-28T14:22:50.052931 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 55331 2025-07-28T14:22:47.019886 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 35520 2023-12-15T13:59:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15984 2025-07-28T14:22:52.196895 application/rdf+xml 36335 2025-07-28T14:22:48.139913 image/jpeg 5651 2025-07-28T14:22:47.959877 image/jpeg 1728980 2025-07-28T14:22:47.222883 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia