Selkies Novels & Stories

“At least I can trust the Emperor to ensure she will be alright.” It was before midnight on the Southeastern Island. Harriet chose the dawn at Almandine because she knew this was the case. The Merfolks and Sirens avoided surfacing under the daylight. Merfolks and Sirens, the elves of the ocean. When Merfolks could be said to be the equivalent of Elves, the Sirens were the equivalent of Dark Elves. They had their own societal structure down in their deep ocean kingdom. The deepest parts of it were so dark no light ever came out; not even sunlight did. Several species of monsters existed but were different in shape and size, some of which resembled gigantic squid or eels.

Suddenly, the ocean split. A massive wave, three hundred feet high, rose from the bay. But it wasn't made of water. It was made of Sapphire Ghosts—the spirits of every wolf who had ever been lost at sea, or executed by the Southern Alphas and thrown into the deep. They were a screaming, translucent wall of agony, and in the center of the wave, standing on the head of a gargantuan sea-serpent, was Selene. She looked different now. Her blue skin was translucent, her veins glowing with a sickly violet light. She held her Bone-Scepter high, and the sapphire crystal was pulsing in time with the ocean's heartbeat.

The coastal town of Saltmere clung to the cliffs like a barnacle, all weathered wood and salt-stained stone. Selene arrived during the changing of the tide, when the supernatural residents emerged from their dual existences selkies shedding seal skins on rocky shores, sea witches returning from underwater gardens, water fae coalescing from sea spray into solid form. Her coordination abilities thrummed with disorientation. The tide itself seemed to be the organizing principle here, not territory or hierarchy. Everything moved in rhythm with the ocean's breath in and out, in and out, constant flux instead of fixed boundaries.

"That journey shall be too perilous, though the path is the shortest." "What are the Drekavac?" this time Ruslan asked. "Drekavac, or the screamers. They are furry canine human-like forest demons with a spindle-thin body and impossibly long claws. Horrible, horrible creatures, those Drekavac, I tell you," said the owl. "Our time is running out," the princess said. "The solstice is getting nearer and we can't linger anymore."

K•E•L•S•I:::: "Kelsi, What's happening here?"Who's that? Mum asked coming towards me with the things she bought, while looking at Anita departing figure. "Uhm....She's just a friend", I smiled, taking the goods from my mum who look unconvinced about my reply, I knew she could see my unsettled body language. "She is my Friend mum, ermm.... I mean my class mate, she was greeting me" I grinned, trying to reassure my mother.

Reine looked up at me with wide eyes that were clearly confused, with one million and one questions swimming in them. “What? Why? Why would you even think of asking me to do something like that?” “Reine—” I started but her indignant words stopped me in my tracks. “Look, I don’t know what kind of women you’re acquainted with, but where I’m from you don’t just tell women you want them to pretend to be engaged to you. Especially ones you don’t know from Eve.” I had expected this kind of reaction so I leaned back and waited for her to finish raving. I had a good feeling, something told me she was going to accept whatever I had in mind.

She asked the student to take the other students back to their respective huts and also ordered the more senior students to put up a defensive barrier for the other huts. After the eldest student carried out her orders, it wasn't long before the line of creatures began to be seen from a distance out of the water. Some strange figures appeared from under the water, the rest were still standing guard in the water. The creature that was originally very scary in shape is now suddenly the most charming creature in the entire universe. These creatures are sirens from the sea which are very famous for their mystical aura. “Don't be fooled by their pretty faces. They could be after you to get your l

As the villagers packed the entire village with meat and vegetables everywhere, Matthew and June sat in Suka's house, questioning him. “...then how did you get that?” Matthew pointed at the tooth-like souvenir with the symbol of water. "This, Matthew." Suka placed the necklace in Matthew's hand. "Is the only key to open what covers Atlantis. It's a secret door, no one knows about it except me and my tribe. The door will lead to a very secret part of the island which is highly protected. Look for the missing hole which will fit this key perfectly."

‘I just wanted to make sure you hadn’t turned into a rusalka’ I looked at him questioningly. He sat next to the bath and I placed my chin on my arms on the side of the bath watching him. He explained that Russian folklore was full of magical creatures and that a woman could turn into a rusalka if she was unbaptized or a virgin and had drowned as the result of a suicide or a murder. Then he explained that in some other legends, rusalkas were malevolent spirits looking to drown men.

I laughed. "Well, will you look at that, the proletariat princess now has a good bestie," Leaf froze when she heard that voice. She slowly slid her hands down from my neck to my right bicep, clutching it tightly with fear. It was Seagale, a very mean water nymph who always bullied Leaf. Since Ann was always with us, she never bothered Leaf because she was afraid of Ann. Now that Ann wasn't around, shit! "Hello, dorky, I finally have some alone time with my favourite person," Seagale was sea blue in colour with blue hair and little scales. She's a saltwater nymph, one of the few. Her minions were four saltwater fishes behind her. Not fish-fish, human fish.