Gods and Monsters

The gods and goddesses are real. And they are here on Earth.

A polytheistic pantheon--a tangle of gods and divine hierarchies--once kept the world at an arm's length, warring with one another, using mankind's belief and devotion to give them power. In this way, the world had balance: a grim and bloody balance, but a balance just the same.

But a single god sought dominance and gathered his armies of angels behind him to oust the other gods in a shattering of the cosmic order, a sundering of the divinities. As Lucifer fell to Hell, the gods and goddesses fell to earth.

And it's there they remain--seemingly eternal, masquerading as humans and managing only a fraction of the power they once had as gods. They fall to old patterns, collecting sycophants and worshippers in order to war against one another in the battle for the hearts of men. They bring with them their children young and old, demi-gods who are half-human, half-divine. And they bring with them their monstrous races--crass abnormalities created to serve the gods. Undead eunuch magicians. Rampaging minotaurs. Shapeshifting yokai.

They would do anything to usher in a rebirth of the old ways. To reclaim the seat of true power.

About the Author

Chuck Wendig is a novelist, a screenwriter, game designer, and all-around freelance penmonkey. He is the author of Blackbirds and Mockingbird, both published by Angry Robot.

He has contributed over two million words to the roleplaying game industry, and was the developer of the popular Hunter: The Vigilgame line (White Wolf Game Studios / CCP).

He, along with writing partner Lance Weiler, is a fellow of the Sundance Film Festival Screenwriter's Lab (2010). Their short film, Pandemic, showed at the Sundance Film Festival 2011, and their feature film HiM is in development with producers Ted Hope and Anne Carey. They both wrote the digital transmedia drama Collapsus, which was nominated for an International Digital Emmy and a Games 4 Change award.

He is the writer behind a number of collections of essays on the subject of writing, including Confessions of a Freelance Penmonkey.