Awoken

by Elyse Russell and Miranda Leyson

© Copyright Elyse Russell and Miranda Leyson

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Elyse Russell enjoys writing short stories and graphic novels. Her first book, Losing It, will be released with Cinnabar Moth Publishing in July 2022. She is currently pitching several graphic novels. Follow her on Twitter @ElyseRussell13 (BraveLittleTeapotThoughts) for updates!

Miranda Leyson is a freelance artist based in Beaverton, Oregon. She has been doing freelance art for the past three years, primarily focused on character art and comics. Miranda just completed work on the indie comic series Decay (written by Randy Fortunato) and is currently working on the creator-owned web series Winged.

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Read the Rest of the October Issue

• The Ossuary at Ocean’s End by Marisca Pichette
• Elemental by Marlan Quade Cook
• portrait of a girl in water by Ashley Bao
• A Thousand Souls by Marie Brennan
• Seafloor Skull by Inkshark
• The Ghosts of Mermaids & The Answer Atop Mermaid’s Rest by Coral Alejandra Moore and Cathin Yang
• Awoken by Elyse Russell and Miranda Leyson
• The Abyssal Architect by Ori Jay
• One Last Shriek by Umiyuri Katsuyama
• Merfolks as a Passage from My Thoughts and Doings by Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto
• This Is Your Home by Stefan Slater
• Mermaidsong by Csilla Kleinheincz
• Fish Out of Water: How Mermaids Represent Disabled, Queer Folk Like Me by Melanie Jayne Ashford
• “a sea-like condition” by Felicia Martinez
• This Is You by Kathryn Kania
• Before You Go in Search of Spirits & The Truth They Hear in My Heart by Cathin Yang and Coral Alejandra Moore
• Dreams of Another Life by Elizabeth Kestrel Rogers
• Charting the Next Adventure by Meg Frank