Contributors BEST OF ENCHANTED CONVERSATION: THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER & THE HAG - 68 Madison McSweeney writes horror and dark fantasy from Ottawa, Ontario. She is the author of the horror comedy The Doom That Came to Mellonville (Filthy Loot), the folk horror novelette The Forest Dreams With Teeth (Demain Publishing), and the gothic poetry chapbook Fringewood (Alien Buddha Press). She blogs at www.madisonmcsweeney.com and tweets from @MMcSw13. Image: Amanda Bergloff
SELKIE MOTHER - 72 Brittani Jenee' Cal is a multiracial writer of Black, Japanese, and Scottish-Irish descent. Her fiction and poetry are inspired by fairy tales and folklore from around the world. When her muses are playing hard to get, she enjoys forest bathing, birdwatching, and stargazing. She currently lives in Okinawa, Japan. Image: Amanda Bergloff
CLASSICS FROM AROUND THE WORLD: THE MERMAID OF ZENNOR - 75 A folktale from Cornwall from Legend Land Vol 1 (1922) retold by Lyonesse. Image: John Reinhard Weguelin
MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE - 76 Marcia A. Sherman writes alternative fairy tales, folklore, and mythology. Other works include a children’s picture book The Splendid, Blended Family and essays for Llewellyn Worldwide. Marcia is currently compiling her fiction for a book and continues work on her novel of a Wiccan family set in the distant future. Images: Amanda Bergloff
CLASSICS FROM AROUND THE WORLD: THE MERMAID - 81 From Poems Chiefly Lyrical (1830) by Alfred Lord Tennyson Image: John William Waterhouse
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