“He smiles and cocks his head like I’m an endearing child. “I suppose I can ask you my question now.”
“Does it involve you, me, and a bucket of edible glitter?” I say, proving I’m no child.”
by Debra Goelz
Category Archives: November
Babysitting a Kraken
“Babysitting sucked at the best of times—and babysitting a kraken was definitely not the best of times.”
by AJ Hartson and Wakey Nelson
Suburban Mermaids
“Leaping through darkness, we dive ”
by Elya Braden
Love Unlike Us
“When my father returned from work one day, he brought a bag of mermaid tears sewn into his sleeve so no one could steal it.”
by Beata Garrett
Field Trip to See the Mermaid
‘We are no myth, we are not
merely fish, not simply women.”
by Angela Gabrielle Fabunan
Blended Mer-Family
Blended Mer-Family by Lisa Wee
Ife’s Ride
“Some come to our waters for healing. Others come to catch a glimpse of our fins as we dive. Whatever they come for, we are here.”
by Tracy Ramey
I’m Not Ready To Leave
‘We are no myth, we are not
merely fish, not simply women.”
by Angela Gabrielle Fabunan
How to Give Your Toddler a Tail
“You sag against the cabinets while your heart still thuds in your chest, hard, and stare blankly at your daughter while she glares at you with the impotent rage of a thwarted three-year-old. ‘Mommy! I’m being a mermaid!'”
By Amanda Helms
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