Mystic South

As speculative fiction writers, we started with ordinary characters dealing with extraordinary circumstances. Imagine our surprise when, one by one, the Elder Gods started poking their heads into the story. They weren't asking that the old stories be retold – how many re-contextualized versions of, say, Hades and Persephone do we really need? They weren't even asking to be the focus of the story. They simply wanted to be part of it. Sounds simple, right? Think again. We found ourselves dealing with mixing pantheons, changes in role and purpose, and deities who weren't who we've been told they were (Loki, I'm looking at you), just to name a few of the issues. Let's have a conversation on how we made it work with a combination of Google, chutzpah, and Unverified Personal Gnosis.