Hello everyone!
The newest episode of Mortal Coil, Loki Here, is now live — and if you’ve ever wondered what would happen if ancient gods stopped announcing themselves with thunder and instead opened small businesses in 1991 Queens… well, you’re in the right place.
In Loki Here, the trickster god is just trying to keep a low profile, running a magic shop and minding his own business. Naturally, that plan lasts about five minutes. A mysterious shoplifter shows up with impeccable timing, a neighboring bodega owner seems a little too sharp, and Loki begins to suspect that fate itself might be nudging the pieces around the board.
Mortal Coil is an anthology about old myths adapting to modern life — quietly, awkwardly, and often hilariously. No capes. No prophecies shouted from mountaintops. Just gods, humans, and the uneasy feeling that the universe might be paying attention.
This episode was created by blending human imagination with cutting-edge AI filmmaking tools — pushing the limits of what small, independent creators can do, as we push toward the day when Hollywood studios reside within personal computers, and the cost of making films fall from the price of a skyscraper to the price of an electric bike, reclaiming storytelling for ordinary people.
Tomorrow — Sunday, December 21st — we shift from trickster gods to chaotic holiday magic with the release of
The Monster Show: A Graves Family Holiday 🎄
It’s a black-and-white, old-school holiday special featuring witches, a vampire, questionable cuisine, glowing fruitcake, musical meltdowns, and the eternal lie that this year will be calm. (It will not be calm.)
Think classic TV holiday cheer… filtered through supernatural exhaustion.
Two very different stories.
Same universe.
Same question underneath it all:
What happens when reality refuses to behave?
Thanks for watching, sharing, and being part of this strange little experiment in myth, memory, and machine-assisted imagination. More tomorrow — fate’s been busy.
Happy Holidays!
— James
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