The Shrinking Island: Part 1

June 5, 2026 "I won’t go back. I’ll live forever in the wilderness. Find a cave in the shallows and becomes a mean-spirited magic woman... When the stupid handsome boys glimpse me from across the waves, they’ll swim out to me and be dashed against the rocks and drown."

In the island village of Agana Springs disaster is brewing. Fruit trees rotting, the shore line changing, and people vanishing out at sea. The villagers blame the mermaids. The mermaids blame the villagers… but some thing more sinister might be lurking in the water.

Originally published by Knight's Press in their anthology "Mermaids!"

Vibe: Island life, Fantasy, Mythic

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