Contributors WAVES OF ATTRACTION - 25 Jessie Atkin writes fiction, essays, and plays. Her work has appeared in The Rumpus, Writers Resist, Daily Science Fiction, Space and Time Magazine, and elsewhere. She can be found online at jessieatkin.com Image: Caley Hall, Picryl
CLASSICS FROM AROUND THE WORLD: WHY THE OCEAN IS SALTY - 33 A tale from the Philippines from Filipino Popular Tales. (1921) Image: Pixabay
DREAMS OF THE OCEAN - 34 Esther Ra is the author of A Glossary of Light and Shadow (Diode Editions, forthcoming) and book of untranslatable things (Grayson Books, 2018). Her work has been published in Boulevard, PBQ, and Korea Times, among others, and received awards including the Pushcart Prize and 49th Parallel Award. estherra.com Image: Amanda Bergloff
BEST OF ENCHANTED CONVERSATION: THE OCEAN FOR ITS MUSIC - 36 Ellen Huang (she/her) wears the occasional cape and writes lots of fantasy. She is published in K’in, Sword & Kettle Press, Apparition Lit, Awkward Mermaid, Sirens Call, and more. She has a few simultaneous projects in her tentacles, including a fairytale chapbook, a diverse fantasy collection, and an ace horror anthology. Follow if you wanna: worrydollsandfloatinglights.wordpress.com Image: Amanda Bergloff
CLASSICS FROM AROUND THE WORLD: THE GOOD SEA MONSTER - 41 From The Sandman’s Hour (1867) by Abbe-Phillips Walker. Image: Picryl, Amanda Bergloff
ARTICLE: LOVE, LOSS, AND THE MERMAID - 45 Dr. Sara Cleto and Dr. Brittany Warman are award-winning folklorists, teachers, and writers with over 150 publications. Together, they founded The Carterhaugh School of Folklore and the Fantastic, where they teach creative souls how to re-enchant their lives through folklore and fairy tales. Their fiction and poetry can be found in Uncanny Magazine, Apex Magazine, Gingerbread House, and others. Images: Amanda Bergloff, John Collier, Charles Murray Padday, Elisabeth Baumann, Unknown, Unknown, Arthur Rackham, Unknown
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