by Carlos Hernandez and C. S. E. Cooney From the Monograph Sirenas of Garganta by Ven. Damiana Cardosa y Fuentes, Doctora de Filosofia Naturál They are gigantic. We could not see sirenas because they are gigantic! Too long have our imaginations been limited by sea shanties that portrayed sirenas as lusty, acid-tongued wenches who (how?)Continue reading “A Minnow, or Perhaps a Colossal Squid”
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The Collector
by Tara Campbell This story previously appeared in Latchkey Tales, Elementals: Children of Water in July, 2014 Content note: This story contains consumption of alcohol, consumption of live animals, and a child in peril. The mermaid wriggled up toward the surface of her lake, eyes fixed on the shiny cylinder floating above her. She pluckedContinue reading “The Collector”
My Little Mermaid
by Lorraine Schein This story originally appeared in Hysteria #7, 1995 Content Note: This story contains references to and descriptions of sexual activity My little mermaid lives at home in my apartment in a small goldfish bowl on the night table next to my bed. I’ve decorated her bowl with a pink and green turretedContinue reading “My Little Mermaid”
How to Eat a Mermaid
by K. Garcia Ley
“We hadn’t meant to kill the first one in a boating accident, but then the kill turned into curiosity, and curiosity turned into our only source of food.”
Siren Call
by David Bowles
“She was not a cowardly woman; in fact, she knew that–like most women–she was stronger than a man could ever be, in the ways that counted.”
Til Human Voices Wake Us
by Jennifer Hudak
“I was born with a secret.”
Diamond Sharks
by Floris M. Kleijne
“I had thought scuba diving was peaceful; I could never have imagined the deep, undemanding serenity of being a diamond shark at Toba.”
In the Sky, An Ocean
by Amanda Saville
“We wanted more. We wanted to see the stars.”
Surinla
by Amanda Saville
“The night the fireball crashed into the sea, the stars were dazzling.”
The Little Sea Maid
by Annika Barranti Klein
“Deep in the sea, Maris, youngest daughter of Amphitrite, dreamed of the surface.”
