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Yaga

by Kat Sandler

A Baba Yaga mystery with a modern cast

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A Baba Yaga mystery with a modern cast

Kat Sandler recasts the Slavic figure Baba Yaga as a modern woman whose motives resist easy moral judgment. The play sets that reimagining against a small town mystery: a detective investigating the disappearance of an heir to a yogurt empire encounters a local sheriff, a university professor, and a circle of possible suspects. Folklore, secret lives, and a comic whodunit structure meet in a story that also questions how Baba Yaga has been portrayed by men. Its central tension lies in the gap between the familiar image of a wicked witch and this more complicated figure.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in contemporary reworkings of Slavic folklore
  • Those who enjoy comic mysteries with multiple suspects
  • Readers exploring portrayals of women in myth and storytelling

Themes

Baba Yaga and Slavic folkloreMorally ambiguous identityGender and the retelling of mythSmall-town mystery

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Book overview

She's more than just a wicked old witch.



Baba Yaga is a legend, usually known as that elderly woman who lives alone in the woods and grinds the bones of the wicked. But what if she was actually a sexy, smart, modern woman operating off of morally ambiguous motives?



A detective finds himself in a small, isolated town asking, what does the disappearance of the young heir to a yogurt empire have to do with some random lore about an old witch? Matched by an apprehensive local sheriff, a university professor with a taste for younger men, and a whole cast of curious characters, the Slavic myth of Baba Yaga twists into a new labyrinth of secret lives, ancient magic, and multiple suspects.



This genre-bending comedic fairy tale meets thrilling whodunit gives voice to an antihero of epic proportions while interrogating how her story has historically been told by men. From now on, you'll remember the name Baba Yaga for the right reasons.



Yaga is being developed into a Crave miniseries, starring Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix), Noah Reid (Schitt's Creek), and Hudson Williams (Heated Rivalry).

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