No Plot, Only Lore

Folklore with X Dialed Up to 11: Gross Selkies, Melancholic Santa, Queer Baba Yaga & Domestic Anansi


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Josh and Kris roll the dice to create bizarre, twisted versions of classic folklore characters! Hear our takes on a "gross" Selkie that violently tears its way out of its seal form, the melancholic, depressed Santa Claus (inspired by Neil Gaiman) who hates his job, a queer-coded, sequined Baba Yaga with chicken-feet leggings, and Anansi the trickster god as a charmingly fat, retired, domestic dad (like a mystical Nobody). Plus, a detour into the real-life history of the Pied Piper of Hamelin!

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No Plot, Only LoreBy Josh Varty and Kristoffer Hansen