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1) Wardruna is one of my favourite bands. If you ever have a chance to witness them perform live, I strongly recommend it.

So it should come as no surprise that the tune for Helheim and its goddess Hel is Helvegen. I've listened to it many times while writing Wyrd Gods and I'm listening to this particular version now as I rewrite the 10th World. (About a third of the book is set in Helheim.)

Happy weekend!

2) What became To Trick a Trickster was one of the first things I wrote in what is now...

1) Wyrd Gods is dedicated to My Lord. This has puzzled readers over the years, and even prompted a few DNSs... The Lord is my husband. (also telepathy is a big thing in Timelessness )

2) In Timelessness, horse is a general term for a mount or a beast of burden. Unicorns, centaurs, and pterippus are real - but not horses. The reasons for this became irrelevant to the main plot during revisions. But the worldbuilding quirk remained.

3) The Dharkan are not part of any mythology. I needed a race...

Mythological slipstream" combines slipstream fiction (weird, genre-bending stories that feel strange) with mythological themes, suggesting narratives where myths become real, familiar concepts become alien, or characters journey through mythic dimensions, like riding ancient currents in a sci-fi hyperspace. It describes stories that blend the uncanny, the fantastic, and deep archetypes, using mythological frameworks to explore modern anxieties and the "strangeness" of existence, making the...

Gods and Goddesses

Chronos – God of Time. Set the universe in motion towards its end. Holds no influence in the Underworlds... yet.

Gaea – Goddess of Life. Desires influence over Chronos but has none.

Kali – Goddess of Death and the End of Time. Few have met her. Fewer still have survived the meeting.

Psyche, aka Butterfly – Goddess of the Soul, wife of Eros, the God of Love. An apotheosized human struggling to embrace her divinity. She has a temper. And far too many secrets.

Loki – The angry...