The Medusa Situation

Urban Fantasy Novel. Shortlisted for the 2025 Victorian Premier's literary Awards, John Clarke Award for Comedy Writing. Shortlisted for the 2025 Ditmar Awards for best Speculative Fiction Novel. A Modern mythic mystery! In contemporary Sydney the Greek goddess Hera and her Olympian family have resentfully accepted their forced divine retirement and live out their immortality in the Aussie suburbs. Their once exciting lives replaced by endless days of quiet resentment and mystical reality TV programs. That is until the day Stheno and Eurydale, sisters of the more infamous gorgon of legend, turn up on Hera’s doorstep asking for help because Medusa’s head has been stolen. Again. In a race against time Hera and her step-daughter, the goddess Athena, join forces with a rag tag bunch of ancient Greek deities and mystical creatures to find the culprit and recover Medusa’s head before it creates havoc across the mortal and divine realms. The novel is Janet Evanovich meets Natalie Haynes, in an entertaining urban fantasy which examines issues of justice, male entitlement, and the ways in which powerful women have been treated throughout the history of storytelling. It’s mystery, mayhem, mythology, comedy, and social commentary with a feminist twist in Gabiann Marin's The Medusa Situation. Available from all good bookstores and online book retailers in paperback and Kindle editions. Three Muses Creative supports our local booksellers - The Medusa Situation is available in store at The Little Lost Bookshop Katoomba.