The difference between my darkness and your darkness is that I can look at my own badness in the face and accept its existence while you are busy covering your mirror with a white linen...

Ridley was like a beautiful snake – you couldn’t let her get close without the risk of being bitten.

Every man needs his Siren To check his courage and strength When he hears her song In his travels through the unknown.

Wanting to cry doesn’t mean you can.

Stay away from the underground lake I implore,The Siren will see you are heard of no more.

Ms. Wrack’s mother, Mrs. Wrack, had been a mermaid: a proper one who lived on a rock and combed her hair and sang. But sailors had never been lured to their doom by her, partly...

The night seemed suddenly defiled by the absence of music, as if the silence itself was injecting a sickness that only another song could cure.

Next time when I dive into the territory that I had lived next to, where my sister grew up, I know what to expect. I would be ready. I would be prepared.

It was a woman–as pale and luminescent as a ghost, with swirling white hair. Ezra startled, dropping his pencil into the water. Her face snapped toward him. Her eyes were too large, clear green, and...

Human?’ The girl cocked her head the other way. I caught a glimpse of pink gills under her chin. ‘My sisters told me stories of humans. They said they sometimes sing to them to lure...

There, amongst the angry water was the glow of green eyes, hundreds of them encompassed the entire area…We were completely and totally surrounded. They all hung just below the water waiting for a sign to...

There’s always a siren, singing you to shipwreck. Some of us may be more susceptible than others are, but there’s always a siren. It may be with us all our lives, or it may be...

Three guys and a girl were leaning against a black raised pickup … I had to do a double take as this group was nothing like I had ever seen before.

If you swim effortlessly in the deep oceans, ride the waves to and from the shore, if you can breathe under water and dine on the deep treasures of the seas; mark my words, those...

In your life, right here and now, things like mermaids, fairies, witches and monsters are nothing but fairytales told to your grandchildren and stories you heard from your own grandparents as children. They exist only...