Goddesses of the Sea: A Mermaid and Sea Maiden Anthology

by Jetse de Vries, Doug Russell, Allison Epstein

The sea is a dark and mysterious place. What lurks within the deepest caverns, unseen by those above? A haunting melody drifts across the waves, a beautiful figure floats in the shallows. Do you follow? Do you answer the sea's hypnotic call? An anthology featuring 18 stories about mermaids, sea goddesses, sirens, and other mysterious creatures of the deep.

294 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2018

About the author

Jetse de Vries—@UpbeatFuture—is a technical specialist for a propulsion company by day, and a science fiction reader, editor (part of the Interzone team 2004 — 2008, the groundbreaking optimistic SF anthology SHINE) and writer (Clarkesworld, Michael Moorcock’s New Worlds, Escape Pod, and many more) by night.

He's also an avid bicyclist, total solar eclipse chaser, single malt aficionado, metalhead and intelligent optimist. On March 28, 2021, he posted the world’s first NFT SF novel on Ethereum’s Mintable. His first novels are about to come out.

Reviews

[Danielle Palmer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Are all the stories great? No, but they were each different enough to keep me itching to read the next one. And, as always a handful were spectacular (I would highly recommend “Iron and Pearl” “A tale from Captain Andy” “Mother Salt and her sisters” and “The Siren.”) Unlike most anthologies, I found very few that were terrible (I disliked “Neptune’s Castle” “Shalinar” and “City Beneath the surface”) all others were at least decent or better! There are within these pages stories of revenge, stories of love, stories of beauty and horror...take a look for yourself!

[K.A. Masters · Rating 5 out of 5]

A lovely anthology of mermaids, naiads, and selkies. My favorite stories were "Clipped" by JG Formato and "Iron and Pearl" by Allison Epstein.