“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
Category Archives: Original Work 2021
Mermaid Care
“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
What to Do After Receiving a Starlit Pearl
“When the starlit pearl arrives, place it against your skin immediately.
Do not take it off, for any reason.”
by Mari Ness
Cupid Under the Sea
“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
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
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
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
This Is You
“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
Mermaidsong
“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
This is Your Home
“We started going to house showings as soon as the scales began to shimmer under your skin like oil on water.”
by Stefan Slater
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