When marine biologists Rowan Barrow and Graham Raines realize that a whale shark has mated with a megalodon, they take steps to keep the creature's existence a secret so no one will destroy her.
There was a different type of unrest that was flowing through the waters of Gaia. A changing age was upon the Merpeople and they were departing their beloved world in droves through opening gateways all over the globe. The Elders that remained had new dilemmas and issues they've never had to face before; including war...
Despite the fact that Blythe didn't choose her new husband to be her partner, the young woman is optimistic-this is a chance for her to join a family that will actually love her! Who wouldn't be hopeful, after enduring 23 years of toxicity and hatred? However, just when Blythe thinks she's found a place to belong, she...
Keelan is a shipwrecked sailor, rescued by a beautiful mermaid that he immediately decides he must find again. But his search for her leads him into secrets that were carefully kept hidden, never brought to the light again. Will he find the mermaid he loves, or will that hope be lost to the ocean's depths? (Winner of...
[short story | dark fantasy] "My 6-year-old daughter got sent home from school for saying mermaids have teeth like razors, soul-piercing screams, and the blood of murdered sailors caked under their fingernails." This is my entry for Mermay 2022, TalesoftheDeep. 3414 words.
Forced into a marriage she did not want, would Lady Tammy Lynn Johnson allow it to happen because her only other choice was to stop being a mermaid and leave the water forever? Would she and her prince compromise to make an incompatible relationship work against the merfolk king's wishes? Created for the MerMay 2022 c...
[COMPLETE] In the middle of the ocean, on a pirate ship, she is determined to do anything for revenge and for love.
It's the eve of Winter Feast, and Shanty is missing her family. To cheer her up, a crewmate tells her the story of Saint Crane.
[short story] Two young academics seek out the lost temple of the Moiraean Hippocampus, but for Nigel this is more than just a scholarly pursuit. He's got his own reasons to believe that the mythical Hippocampus actually exists, and he's determined to come face to face with it. This is an entry for mythandlegend and t...
When a superstitious Irish fisherman is asked by a mysterious woman for help with finding her lost cloak, he finds himself unable to keep from loving her, even when it begins to hurt. For the Washed Ashore contest hosted by talesofthedeep
Celtic mythology inspired short story. When Neil finds an outlandish girl who had been washed ashore during a storm, he decides to take care of her. Once he falls in love with her, he hopes that the Sea will never claim her back... Will his love be strong enough to keep her with him? Will it be strong enough to let h...
Ambys Award Winner 🏆 Cassiopeia has lost something very important. She has lost her song. A mermaid who can't sing is no Mer at all. Determined to regain her voice and her honor, Cass takes a journey of discovery to the infamous Museum of Vanished Things with nothing but her courage and an old compass to guide her...
[short story / 2nd place winner of Tales of the Deep's Mermay contest] On a tiny remote island, a Neolithic tomb sits forgotten on the hillside. It is the Museum of Vanished Things, and it has a Keeper-an aquatic creature of folklore who has inhabited it for a long, long time.
This short story is for the Mertastic Competition. At the turn of the 20th century, a merchant ship named the SS Sirens Pearl travelling from India to South Africa crashes in the Indian Ocean near a large mass of isolated land called Island 33. Decades later reports start to fly that the deceased Captain Howard was tr...
The Dragoon pirate crew thought they were far removed from the war taking place in Bastion, but with the Empire's influence spreading like a virus, not even they can hide forever. They are known for being the best thieves around so they are often hired to steal things for others. When captain Ren received a mysterious...
