Selkie Stories

On the run, Willow stumbles into a bandit ambush and is rescued by a lone traveler. He reluctantly agrees to help protect her on the forest paths if she can guide him to his destination. His distant demeanor suddenly changes after she returns his cloak, not realizing he is a selkie, nor aware that if someone returns a selkie's cloak, the selkie falls in love with them. As they travel, she discovers that he's everything she ever wanted in a husband, but learns that it comes at a cost - and that cost is his freedom. Note: If you're looking for a typical lore-based selkie story, I'm afraid you won't find it here. But if you're looking for a hopeful selkie and an uninformed human, then you have come to the right place. ONC 2025 awards: Ambassador's pick award, Round 2 winner, and Short List award. Based on the Open Novella Contest prompt #110: "20 days of freedom." Cover was made with incredible patience by: SayWatt74 (Cardin Watts)

Young sailor Sam Butch has lost everything: his crewmates, his captain, his ship, his will to live. Lana hasn't talked to a human in years. They meet eachother in the most unlikely romance

A wlw, loving and coastal version of Twilight narrated by Annorah Coralic, a young melancholic girl, new in Salt Harbor, a damp coastal town whose local's are haunted by mermaid tales. Bored of her tedious existence, Annorah finds excitement and curiosity in a mysterious girl called "Sul" and her close friends. The strange aura and mysterious connection between them and the sea seems worth exploring and ends up leading to both her and Sul falling in love with each other, a selkie and a human. Will these two lovers follow the lovely happily ever after such as the classical Little Mermaid tale or will they end tragically separated such as the original version of two lovers from two very different worlds.

When a man steals a selkie woman's pelt, she is trapped on land with him in human form, separated from the sea and her selkie family. She fights him at first. But, as the years pass, the lack of her pelt and the loneliness slowly drain the life out of her. And she soon starts getting desperate, drowning in despair and willing to do anything to escape... Will she find her pelt and get back to the sea and her family? Will she give in to her kidnapper and make a life on land? Or will she perish, imprisoned forever by her captor? And how far will she go to regain her freedom? Trigger Warnings: Mentions of drowning, kidnapping, unwanted children, abandonment, and depressive and suicidal thoughts. (Based on the old legend / fairytale of the selkie girl.) © All Rights Reserved. Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, events, and incidents are the products of the author's imagination. Space, time, and history have been rearranged to suit the convenience of the book. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is entirely coincidental. Cover made in Canva.

The Angel of Darkness was stopped by a young boy many centuries ago. Dakota is the reincarnation of that young boy. He is task of finding four stones that hold the power of the Four Spirits. He travels under the ocean, battling the Yuki-Onna in the high mountain, escaping the Spirit Thugs of the Dragon Temple, and meeting new people, some friend while others terrifying. Join Dakota as he travels the Land of Myytrieno, a place that Mythical Creatures rule the world.

Selkies are from Irish lore, they are people who turn into seals and vice versa, you can learn more about them on Wikipedia or in the movies "The Secret of Roan Inish" and "The Song of the Sea".

A finfolk is a mermaid type creature which takes humans from the surface to have as their wives or husbands. These are the character sheets and when they're done, I'll get to the fanfic.

Orphaned and then raised from a young age by the Clan, Bella is used to being a little different than everyone else. How much different could she really be? Will she ever find a place to call home?

Mirabel is a girl stuffed into society. She would rather sail the open waters with her best friend, Cai. What she doesn't expect is a whole adventure. When Mirabel leaves her home with her best friend, Cai, to sail the seas, they stumble across something they never thought they would. A selkie boy. He decides to help them for reasons unknown. Mirabel's father chases them across the ocean when she leaves. Along the way, her crew encounters the island of gold, a mystical being, and a pirate crew of all girls. Her father pursues them until the end. What will happen?

is it yearning? or is it temptation?

Ever since her older brother was lost at sea, Noreen has been forbidden to set foot in the ocean. Once a year, she travels to the spot where his watch washed ashore and buries a daisy in the sand. Once a year, she waits beside the ocean and wonders. What happened to him in those blue waters? Where has he gone and where is he now? Deep in her heart she believes he's out there, somewhere, alive and well. But every year she stands on that shore and leaves disappointed. That is, until she happens across a young man named Liam who claims to know her brother.

Ever heard that there is a little truth in every story? Well what if I told you that many of the creatures that are supposed to be fake are real and living in the Bermuda Triangle as to protect us from the darkness and what lives within!!! This is the story of a young girl. A girl with strange and terrifying powers and an even more terrifying enemy. She has a future, one that may end with the dead of many or the sacrifice of one and she is the key. What will happen will she survive long enough to see the future come to pass or will the darkness extinguish her inner light and claim her for its own!?

:: NEEDS EDITING:: After Khirsten's mother vanishes, assumed dead, strange things begin happening to her; around her. Things easily ignored in her small coastal, Humboldt town. Until she feels the beckon of the ocean and hears the waves speaking to her, calling her to the kingdom underneath and the magic that has been swelling beneath her veins. Diving into the depths, pulling on her Selkie skin Khirsten finds her place amongst her own kind, finally at home for the first time only to find herself pulled into the middle of a war that is rippling across dimensions and putting the humans she loves at risk. Second in the series. Some Mature Themes.

Suffering from an ancient curse that causes monstrous changes to her body, 15-year-old Faelyn must face eight Demi-humans that her ancestors had offended, befriend them and ask for their forgiveness before the chimera curse cannot be undone in nine months. If she fails, she will be forever trapped as a chimera in the land of dragons, elves, spirits, elementals, beast-folk and merfolk. The only problem, Faelyn is terrified of monsters...especially of being eaten by them! Enrolled at Alfheim Academy in the Otherworld, Faelyn must keep her humanity a secret from those who hate humans, all while learning to accept that if she ever wishes to be human once again, she must first accept her roll as a chimera. To turn an ancient curse into a blessing...

A story about the legends of the Selkies. After seven years they return to the sea, and their human husbands pay a price of a broken heart.

Ivy and Adelaide have been in love for a long time, but when the selkie Quinn shows up on their doorstep with flowers from the scheming viscount? they seem to have both fallen for someone new. Quinn's mother always said "a garden in need always finds what it's looking for," and now Quinn is left wondering if she is the garden, or the gardener.

Something I wrote because I was bored. Inspired by selkies.

Things can get difficult when you live a double life, especially when that second life depends on water.

[Monster x Female Reader] These are stories, meaning they will continue as a novel would, not preferences. Monsters will include: Mummy Vampire Naga Werewolf Minotaur and many more! [ slow asf updates ]