Land-Daughter
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Complete Sun, May 29, 202216m
[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.
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