Episode 200: Irascible Immortals: An Audiobook Extract

An audiobook extract from the Irascible Immortals series featuring Anubis.

Written and narrated by Ronel Janse van Vuuren.

Copyright 2026 Ronel Janse van Vuuren — All rights reserved.

Get the transcript here.

Links mentioned in the episode:

• Newsletter: https://ronel-the-mythmaker.kit.com/671d4c97de
• Audiobooks of the podcast: https://payhip.com/RonelJansevanVuuren/collection/faeries-and-folklore-podcast-audiobooks
• Irascible Immortals books: https://www.ronelthemythmaker.com/my-books/the-irascible-immortals-series/

Learn more about the author and her writing here.

Music: Secrets by David Fesliyan (FesliyanStudios.com) and Dramatic Heartbeat by FesliyanStudios.com

Transcript

You’re listening to the Faeries and Folklore podcast by Ronel.

I’m dark fantasy author Ronel Janse van Vuuren. With nearly a decade of digging around in dusty folklore books, researching creatures of imagination that ignited my curiosity, I’m here to share the folklore in a nutshell and how I reimagined it for my writing in an origin of the fae.

This is the Faeries and Folklore podcast.

Hi, I’m your host Ronel Janse van Vuuren. You can just call me Ronel. In today’s episode, we’re continuing our exploration of the fae realm.

This episode is brought to you by my Irascible Immortals series, available in ebook, paperback, hardback and audiobook. They’ve been alive forever. They’ve been bored for some time. And now they’re showing it. Go to ronelthemythmaker.com/my-books/the-irascible-immortals-series for more.

We’re continuing our exploration of the Immortals.

Today I’m sharing an extract from the Irascible Immortals series featuring Odin.

Anubis tuned out the incessant whining of the other gods of the Egyptian pantheon. He didn’t need to hear how they were forgotten, or worse, misremembered by mortals. He still had an important job to do: escorting the dead, tending to funeral rites, and other excellent things concerning death. He especially liked attending funerals in New Orleans – those mortals knew how to celebrate death!

‘Oh, my back won’t stop aching!’

‘My headaches are worse than ever.’

Anubis stopped walking. The unlikely pair of Horus and Set were standing with the king of the dead – and, sometimes, the gods – in the Hall of Judgement.

‘Try having both,’ the blue-skinned Osiris said to his companions.

Anubis rolled his eyes. The lot of them had taken to complaining about everything lately.

‘Pain is a sign that you’re still alive,’ he said, throwing a steak at Ammit, her crocodile jaws snapping it from the air before she turned around, showing her hippopotamus hindquarters as she lay down to enjoy her snack.

‘What would a death deity know about being alive?’ Set asked and stood straight, pain forgotten, as he sneered at Anubis.

‘At least I’m not wearing pink.’ He looked pointedly at Set’s suit. The god of disorder became as red as the colour he was usually known by. Clearly, the mortals were rebranding him. Again.

‘Smug. That’s unbecoming,’ Horus said. ‘I –’

He was cut off by a ghost appearing before them on the back of a harpy, of all things. She snapped her beak in the direction of the eagle-headed Horus.

I hope that you’ve enjoyed this episode of the faeries and folklore podcast and that you’ve learned something new about faeries.

Remember that you can get a transcript of this episode in the description. If you’re new to the podcast, why not go and grab your free copy of Unseen, the second book in the Faery Tales series, on my website ronelthemythmaker.com? Loads of folklore, magic and danger await! Take care!

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