Night Life of the Gods
Gods Behaving Badly
By Marie Phillips
8 Apr, 2025
History's Actors
Marie Phillips’ 2007 Gods Behaving Badly is a modern comedic fantasy.
The Greek gods would (and do) assert that it’s regrettable that they’ve been largely abandoned by their worshippers. They would (and do) assert that it is a terrible development that they’ve been so reduced in power. Mortals (or at least British mortals) might assert that what is truly regrettable is that the small amount of divine power left to the gods is sufficient to wreak havoc on the innocent people of London1.
Take Kate, for example. Kate used to work for Sachs Goldman in mergers and acquisitions. Now Kate is a eucalyptus tree. Why is Kate a tree? Because the gods are dicks.