“A space garden needs minerals, bright spots of cosmic dust, the light of millions of distant stars. A space garden needs hope, for it is an impossibility, this growth from barrenness, this a miracle of green.”
by Beth Goder
a magazine about mermaids. that's it. that's the shell.
“A space garden needs minerals, bright spots of cosmic dust, the light of millions of distant stars. A space garden needs hope, for it is an impossibility, this growth from barrenness, this a miracle of green.”
by Beth Goder
“Mermaids are solitary creatures that have little need for social contact with one another, much less with human beings. They prefer to avoid human contact. Humans, for their part, bewitched by centuries of myth and fairy tales, do not share that aversion. It is important to emphasize this fact: mermaids are wild animals.”
by Jonathan Crowe
“When the starlit pearl arrives, place it against your skin immediately.
Do not take it off, for any reason.”
by Mari Ness
“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
“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
“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
“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
“Your fingers are long, your belly is soft, your laugh is loud so you don’t laugh often. You find it a bit embarrassing. You don’t like attention. From the waist up, you are “normal” but from there down, you are a mermaid.”
by Kathryn Kania
“Can you hear it?” he repeated.
“What? The sea? Sure.”
“Not the sea. Them. Their song.”
“Them – you mean the whales?”
“The mermaids.”
by Csilla Kleinheincz and Bogi Takács
“We started going to house showings as soon as the scales began to shimmer under your skin like oil on water.”
by Stefan Slater