Anansi and Coyote go their separate ways, Iktomi's threat still ringing in their ears. After a dull day making telephone calls to keep their con rolling, Anansi is attacked by a dozen  vicious, evil fairies, furious with him for killing their king the night before.  Anansi uses every trick he can, manifesting himself as a variety of different spiders in order to trap, poison and rend the fairies limb from limb. But can he outwit them all?

LostGods 07

Kweku Anansi is just another member of the African diaspora, trying to make a place for himself in his adopted home of Toronto, Canada. He dreams of better days, of a time when he could be stop running small time cons just to make the rent. He dreams of the life he used to live, centuries ago when he was revered as a god.

A chance encounter with a fellow con man with a dark and secretive past of his own, plunges them both into the dark world of the lost gods, gods who would do anything to be worshipped again. Including destroying the world, if necessary.

How far will Anansi go to reclaim his godhood? What will he give up to have true power again? The answers can be found in "Lost Gods", a new weekly podcast novel from author Drew Beatty.