![]() ![]() ![]() There is romance in this story, but it’s not a romance, at least not in the way most allosexuals consider traditional. Laria will have to make a choice: stay and fight and die or run and live but never see the love of her life again. But before the spell can be completed, the dead man’s army buddies come after her and the Lady. After they kill a wealthy soldier, Laria takes the gold she stole off his corpse and pays a local witch to turn her into a mermaid. All Laria wants is to spend the rest of her life with the Lady. Laria is deeply in love with the Lady, and the Lady in turn feels connected to Laria. There, the Lady of the Waking Waters draws them in and eats them alive. ![]() The young woman, Laria, lures bad men to the Waking Waters, a large pool in the forest not far from the town of Scilla. This is a dark, romantic little story about a transwoman thief in love with a monstrous mermaid. Into the Gray isn’t part of Danielle Cain’s world but it shares a similar vibe. It’s a dark novella series, rural fantasy crossed and anarchic demon hunters and queer upon queer upon queer. I’m a big fan of Margaret Killjoy, but so far the only thing I’d ever read of hers is her killer Danielle Cain series. All of the short fiction highlighted in this series is available free online, but please support the author and publications hosting this incredible work. Welcome to Short Fiction Week, a biannual feature of five days of reviews of short stories and novelettes from across the science fiction and fantasy spectrum. ![]()
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