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Basic Guide to Mermaid Reproduction or How to Have Sex with Mermaids

People keep asking me how mermaids manage sex, so I’ve written a really basic summary for those who are curious. If you’re after detailed descriptions of real mermaid sex…there are some in Ocean’s Gift and Ocean’s Infiltrator. I must admit, there is more story than sex to both books, though, so if you’re after mermaid erotica, try searching it on Amazon. The girls of the Ocean’s Gift don’t bother with BDSM – they just call sharks and dispose of him.

For the blokes they choose not to dispose of (or at least, not ’til afterwards), a siren is quite a catch.

Mermaids are closely related to humans – so close that the two can interbreed. Mermaids, by definition, are female, so breeding became a little difficult after conflict with humans wiped out all the males. Humans called them dragons, but to the mermaids, they were all the people of the ocean’s gift.

The Little Sea-Maid, as written by Hans Christian Anderson, is fiction. Mermaids, like dragons, can shift their skin to cover more or less of their legs (and what lies between them) and change the colour accordingly. Like hair, eye and skin colour, a mermaid’s tail colour is determined by genetics. She can close her gills to appear human, when she breathes air on land.

Now, having chosen to permit her tail to part, her gills to close and her skin colour to normalise, a mermaid looks like any normal human – with a distinct curve as she needs to store fat reserves for cold water swimming.

Essentially, she is as capable as any human woman, though with her high level of fitness and flexibility from swimming all her life, perhaps a little more capable and with more stamina.

An observer remarked on the transition from legs to tail:

“She placed her heels together and gave a flick with her feet. The movement rippled up her body, before she did it again. It looked like her skin was darkening, or was it just the waves washing over her? Another flick, her feet rising out of the water this time, and I saw the blue wasn’t just the water. It was like the skin of her legs had grown together, extending over her feet into curved flukes, as blue as the water. It blended seamlessly up her body, though her torso remained pale.

“She turned on her side, her eyes curious. In the skin along her ribs, I saw dark lines that looked like gills. I couldn’t take my eyes off her. She’d never looked less human.” – Ocean’s Infiltrator

If you want more information or more detail, I highly recommend reading my Ocean’s Gift series. In addition, the R-rated cut scenes from Ocean’s Gift are on Wattpad.

The Sexiest Tree in the World – in the raw!

Can you name the world’s sexiest tree?

I’ll give you some clues.

1. It’s a Western Australian native tree.

2. Belinda describes Aidan as one in Water and Fire.

Still lost?

That’s okay. I even photographed it and created a video on it, in its natural state, no less. After all, it’s the world’s sexiest tree!

Want to know more?

You can get up close and personal with Aidan in August. Water and Fire will be released on the 1 August 2013.

Rats!

Charles Darwin never made it to the Abrolhos. He left the Beagle to go write some books about coral reefs, evolution and the origin of species. So it was John Lort Stokes in the HMS Beagle who made the initial survey of Rat Island in 1840. His notes are quite descriptive:

“As we threaded our way among the patches of coral, the view from the masthead of the submarine forests through the still pellucid water was very striking. The dark blue of the deep portions of the lagoon contrasted beautifully with the various patches of light colours interspersed.

The centre island we named Rat Island, from the quantity of that vermin with which it was infested. We also saw here a few seals, and numbers of a very pretty lizard with its tail covered in spines…”

Joe Fisher is hardly the first bloke to go visit the Abrolhos or even Rat Island for a holiday. In the 1930s, Rat Island was considered a holiday resort.

In the Geraldton Guardian and Express Saturday 26 February 1938:

“Further testimony to the attractions of the Abrolhos Islands as a holiday resort was made last week by two young city men, who had spent a week on the islands. Both were loud in their praises of the islands and expressed appreciation of the recreation to be had there in fishing and swimming, and of the wonders of bird life and the coral formations. The latter, they described as marvellous. Thanks to the skipper the trip had been splendid. Rat Island was used as a base, from where they spent a good deal of time in cruising round the islands…”

It’s also the island where you can see Giuseppe’s grave. Giuseppe drowned in mysterious circumstances after the Columbia sank in February, 1921.

Giuseppe’s grave: the final resting place of Vanessa’s first love

The island was infested with rats, but they have since been eradicated, and the birds have moved back in force. At last count, I think there were at least 100,000 seabirds on Rat Island. From little peeping terns right up to soaring sea-eagles.

Rat Island is home to a number of rock lobster fishers like Skipper, Joe and Vanessa from Ocean’s Gift. There are around thirty fishing camps and a research station on Rat Island, too.

There are a couple of little beaches, but you’ll be sharing them with a sleepy sea lion or two.

It has one of only three airstrips on the 122 islands at the Houtman Abrolhos, but the air strip is at the southern end of the island near the water, so landing always feels like you’re about to go for a swim.

Sirens Versus Sharks – Who’s More Dangerous?

Which do YOU think is more dangerous – a siren or a shark?

Most people would probably say sharks. I mean, there’s the teeth, the sheer size of a shark…as well as the uncertainty as to whether sirens or mermaids exist.

The sirens in the Ocean’s Gift series can live in water or on land, their song capable of controlling both humans and animals. Including sharks.

A recurring theme in the Ocean’s Gift series, sharks play a significant part in the story. Dangerous, yes, but useful, too, as the sirens show.

Of course, mermaids aren’t real. And they’ll kill me if I tell you otherwise.

Joe Fisher – top bloke, good sparky, nice arse…what?

Joe Fisher from the Ocean’s Gift series is a top bloke, a good electrician and he’s good looking, too, according to the mermaids.

“I didn’t say he had a cute bum, Belinda. I would say he has a damn fine arse.”

- Vanessa, Ocean’s Gift.

Joe’s down to earth and dependable, no matter what part of him the mermaids are perving at. You see it most in his thoughts and his conversations – like when he and his mate Dean are discussing their holiday plans. Dean’s planning on partying, but Joe’s going to take on extra work.

Joe’s no expert at fishing, either. It’s one thing to hold a baited fishing rod, another to go fishing commercially for lobster. And he learns the difference pretty quickly.

I guess what I like most about him is that no matter how hard it gets, he still manages to enjoy it – working hard to be good at his job and taking the time to help his next door neighbour, Vanessa.

Of course, he’s too busy admiring her boobs to realise that she’s not human. He’s the sort of bloke who tends to get along with everyone, which is why I think people like him so much.

You tell me – why is Joe Fisher so attractive?

Water and Fire – For Adults Only

In October 2012, I wrote a short story called Water and Fire. Short and sweet, some of my fans and followers asked me about some of the gaps in the story – will I ever fill them, with the “adults-only” content that I couldn’t write into a PG-rated short story?

Today, the answer is yes.

I am currently working with Water and Fire, and its main characters, Belinda and Aidan, to turn a short story into a novella. No longer PG, this will be the full story of what happened between a student midwife and an Irish intern, amid dangerous local wildlife and the seductive local whiskey.

In its raw stages of writing, I can only give you a taster – the cover, as posted above, along with the original PG short story on Wattpad.

Cursed with Murder, Mutiny and Lust – Batavia Shipwreck

“The Abrolhos is cursed, with murder, mutiny and lust. On a stormy night almost 400 years ago, the Dutch ship Batavia was sailing from the Cape of Good Hope to Batavia in Indonesia. The lookout saw what he thought was moonlight on the water, but it was foam from the breakers on Morning Reef.”

This is a background video for Ocean’s Gift, a story which takes place at the Abrolhos in modern times. Why didn’t I put more of the Batavia story in Ocean’s Gift? Main character Joe Fisher, pure and simple. He was more worried about his possible next door neighbour than a historic shipwreck. Of course, he doesn’t know that he’ll be living next door to Vanessa, nor that wrecking a boat at the Abrolhos is easier than he thinks…

Our Cursed Island Home – the Houtman Abrolhos Islands

“Welcome to the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, girls. They may be cursed, but for a time they will also be home.” – Sirena, Ocean’s Gift

Fractured moonlight on the water was the only sign of the reefs on the surface, part of the islands’ curse. Amid all the contrasts, this remained unchanged. – Sirena, Ocean’s Gift

122 islands formed from the shallow coral reefs that are some of the furthest from the Equator anywhere in the world. They’re more than 60 km off the coast of Western Australia, so you don’t often see them from the mainland.

Home to millions of sea birds and some amazing fish, as well as land species found nowhere else in the world, the girls of the Ocean’s Gift picked a pretty special place to come ashore.

Eight Free Novels

Eight Wattpad authors have combined forces to offer eight ebooks FOR FREE this weekend until the 20th May 2013. As I’m one of them, I thought you’d like to know the details.

I’m offering free copies of Ocean’s Gift.

Ocean’s Gift by Demelza Carlton

You’ll never look at mermaids the same way again.

Three sexy mermaids swim ashore to pick humans’ brains and indulge their taste for chilli, chocolate and ice cream. They encounter Joe, a fisherman with an eye for nice boobs and quite a handy man to have around when the lights go out. He’ll fix your generator and have the lights back on in no time, no worries.

Just as long as the dolphins don’t get him first.

A story about fishing, lobsters, beer and boobs, on some cursed islands off the West Australian coast. At least that’s how Joe tells it.

For the mermaids, it’s a slightly different story.

Callie – An Enchantress Novel by J T Chapman



There hasn’t been one like her for 1500 years.

For Callie it’s survival. For everyone else it’s love at first bite. Callie is accidentally stabbed and turned into something she thought was myth and a figment of an overactive imagination.

Join her in her fight to save her new soul mate and the new society she has become part of from demons and a master vampire intent on controlling her. With a little help from a few witches, shape shifters and a bit of luck can she actually get a little normality in her ‘un-life’?

Everybody loves her. They just can’t help themselves. A dark beginning leads into a new twist on the vampire genre. This is not a romance but a young girl’s survival.

Getting Stephen Laid by Daniel A Greathead

How do you have sex when you make an elephant feel small?

Stephen, the most repulsive descendant of a bloke called Puke, finds himself in the company of some rather odd aliens who claim they can do the impossible – help him lose his virginity.

There’s just one problem keeping sex and Stephen apart. No one who sees his mammoth member, be they man, woman, or [insert gender here], remains conscious. The mere sight of his astronomical appendage has everyone seeing stars.

It’s Stephen versus the Universe, with a cast of aliens, animals and the trusty Time Harley as they embark on a random quest of epic proportions across time and space to get his willy wet.

Oh, did I mention that the fate of the Universe depends on it?

Blood Bound by Tara Sampson

For eleven years, Leo Risso patiently watched over his charge without once letting himself be known. Sticking to the deepest of shadows, cloaking himself in the shroud of darkness he carefully bided his time.

Finally, the day that he had been so patiently waiting for has arrived—the day that Shelby Tanner comes of age and he can finally claim her once and for all as his treasured bride. Night after night, Shelby gets lost in vivid dreams involving a mysterious dark knight that had unexpectedly saved her. She had only been ten years old at the time when he swept in like a guardian angel and brought her back from an accident that should have ended her young life.

As the years progress, the dreams come more often than not, leaving her feeling more edgy and restless each time. Imagine her shocked surprise when the very same knight that plagues her dreams suddenly shows up in her apartment with every intention of claiming her as his own. This is a story of steamy seduction, of ultimate betrayal, of bewitching prophecy and timely rebellion that will certainly keep an avid reader, young or old, blood lusting for every last word.

Psych Investigation Episodes by Kevin Weinberg

Jack Harris thought failing math was the worst thing that ever happened to him. That was before he discovered he had superpowers. Before he became the prime suspect in a series of murders.

After a surprise homework check sends Jack into a panic, he awakens an uncontrollable force that sets his classroom on fire, putting him in the crosshairs of a pair of similarly-gifted murderers—and a group of investigators pursuing them. With a team of secret police shadowing his every move, and two homicidal maniacs trying to recruit him, Jack’s lazy lifestyle shatters around as him he’s forced to enter a dangerous world he never wanted to be a part of. If that wasn’t enough, the hottest babe in school just agreed to be his tutor, and she’s coming over tonight! If Jack can meet the challenge of impressing the girl of his dreams, then surely taking on a pack of raving, super-powered murderers will be a cinch—unless his mom grounds him first.

Psych Investigation Episodes combines humor with the more serious themes of bullying and isolation. The story chronicles Jack as he plunges headfirst into a secret organization filled with hidden agendas and mysterious powers.

Hot Communications by Carey Decevito

True love isn’t hard to find. Holding on to it is another story.

A sexily thrilling tale that will delight your every senses!

With everything being bountiful in her life, Lacey Flannigan had everything she could ever want. An illustrious career with James & Sons, beauty, a multitude of friends and a financial wealth beyond what she could ever hope for, thanks to her parents.Still, one thing eluded her – love.

When things get hot and heavy between her and a co-worker, no one thought that their very existence would be threatened.

A Gift In The Dark by Gavin Wilson – Free code: LM39T

Recipient of an Honourable Mention from Writers of the Future, published in 2012 by Interstellar Fiction Magazine, Five Stop Story, and Spinetinglers; Gavin has also been featured by Paragraph Planet and Strictly Writing, and is a recommended read on both Project Fiction and Wattpad websites.

A Gift in the Dark is Gavin’s first collection of his shorter works. This collection is predominantly of an urban dark fantasy theme, but traverses the boundaries of horror, myth, fantasy and legend. Heavily influenced by Cornish mythology the collected works are interspersed with oddity, the occasional drabble and bits left over from the darker recesses of his brain, culminating in a dark horror charting the rise of the four horsemen.

A lifelong reader of virtually anything that passed the end of his nose (including cereal boxes) Gavin grew up in the rural southwest of England surrounded by fields, sky and the occasional whiff of pig farm. He now lives in Devon with his long suffering wife and four children, and beats up rocks for a living when not incessantly tapping away in the corner.

Regency Masquerade by Vera Loy

Frances comes to London to discover her identity and finds a man she could easily fall in love with – there’s only one problem, he thinks she’s a man.

An old-fashioned regency romance with a metro sexual twist.

Best Fishing of Your Life…

“I got a cousin who does some charter fishing out at the Abrolhos. Best fishing of your life, mate. I’ll give him a call, see if I can set you up.” – Dean, Ocean’s Gift

Charter fishing is when you charter a boat and go fishing on it. They provide the gear and the bait; clean, gut and fillet the fish – plus they help you take photos of you and your catch. No wonder it’s a pretty popular activity in Western Australia – and have you seen the fish?

There’s sharks that you’re not allowed to catch, but no one told them they can’t eat us.

There are pink snapper.

There’s a fish with fangs called a baldchin groper – but he’s delicious if you can catch him.

There are samsonfish – huge things that’ll eat your lunch if you drop it over the side. They took off with my chicken wrap once – faster than seagulls, those things.

“A week on a free fishing charter and possibly getting paid to fish for weeks after it. What’s the worst that can happen?” – Joe, Ocean’s Gift