Selkie: A Novella of Erotic Horror

by Regina Watts

"Would you like to live forever?"

When Annette allows her alienated boyfriend Jacob to drag her to a sales conference on the dreary Oregon coastal town of Bandon, she's hoping for a weekend of peace--but time alone quickly reveals the dysfunctions of their relationship and reduces her to searching for some quiet on the shore. This attempt at solitude instead leaves her reeling from a passionate rendezvous at the tendrils of a slick and strange sea creature: Annette is conflicted by overwhelming lust and unbridled terror--not near as much as when the creature begins stealing the skins of hotel visitors to close in on its true prey.

Turns out this maneater from beyond spacetime has an offer for her. Love it and live forever. Love it and be more than human. Love it and accept its predatory, unearthly nature. Love it and let it come on land to hunt.

Morals aside, if her new lover can assume the identity of anyone it devours--even inhabiting multiple bodies at once--how can she possibly say no?

This transgressive work of erotic horror deals with concepts that may be disturbing for some readers, including unconventional relationship dynamics concerning transdimensional, genderfluid entities. Discretion is advised.

Genres: Fantasy, Horror

68 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 23, 2020

About the author

Regina Watts is an an absolute goddess of femdom fiction who loves writing torrid smut about the corruption of innocent girls and boys by wicked, more experienced young ladies and depraved older men--and if those dirty old men get what's coming to them at the hands of those same corrupted youths, even better. From kinky experimentation to twisted taboos, nothing is too extreme for Regina. Check her out on twitter @WritesWatts or follow Painted Blind Publishing's website for more information about her work, whether it's erotic fiction or transgressive literature.

*Author's Note: Pay no attention to my Goodreads genres I noticed they didn't include 'erotica' as a category and got a lil passive aggressive lmao

Reviews

[Peter Topside · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a terrific and completely unique horror tale. The shapeshifting creature, Veronica, grabs a hold of Annette, who is in a miserable relationship and is very unhappy with her life. And this could change everything for her, but at what expense? Is it worth it? The entire premise was thought-provoking and downright terrifying in a delightful balance. Annette was a complex lead who had a good amount of depth and development. And, even if you don’t agree with some of her actions, you can understand why she would make such choices. Our creature was near perfection. It was a combination of several ideas molded into one horrific entity, making the most of its presence. I was honestly glued to the story and was saddened that it was so short. This could have gone much long and held my full attention. This was my first outing with Regina Watts and she now has a new fan in Peter Topside.

[Rayne Havok · Rating 5 out of 5]

Alright, alright, alright.
There is a lot of depth to this book which I appreciate.
First read from this author, but I'll be checking out more.

[Simon McHardy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Trapped in a relationship with a crushing and critical boyfriend, Annette seeks solace on a rocky, wild beach. She sees only one other couple, a beautiful woman and her husband. Her attention, though, is on finding the dolphin she has glimpsed from the apartment. It's their home for a week, courtesy of the sales conference Jacob is attending. 
The dolphin looks more like a seal from the beach, but drawing closer Annette realises it is the body of a woman. A human life could be at stake, and Annette braves the freezing turbulence. The grey-skinned body turns her blind eyes to Annette and draws her beneath the waves. Below the ocean, the body becomes the most beautiful being Annette has ever seen. Thus begins a love story like no other.  
Regina has broken the boundaries and moved from the ocean to the land to explore the realms of sensual intensity. What to do with the ever-complaining Jacob though? 
A pleasure to read this book, and it was impossible to put it down.

[Mil · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lesbian horror is my jam

[Jess · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sea creatures that deliver the spice and murder ... and it was amazing.

[Erin Darnick · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rating: 5
Genre: selkie/monster/mermaid, erotic horror, gender fluid creature,  scifi?, short novella (58p)
Heat: 9
#monster #erotic_horror #too_good_to_be_so_short!

I loved this short by Regina Watts. This falls within the erotic horror genre, but is so much more.

Annette is spending a weekend on the Oregon coast with her verbally abusive and egocentric boyfriend. It is apparent that these two should not be together but they are so codependent on each other it is crazy. The boyfriend has a work conference, so Annette goes down to the beach. Thinking she sees a dead body floating in the water, she swims out to help. When she finds the woman, it isn't really a woman. She can only think of it as a mermaid, but not quite. As she determines what the creature is, it pulls her under. Annette is positive she is going to die but she is fascinated by the creature and doesn't struggle. Annette wakes up on the beach with the creature nearby watching her. Here is where the erotic comes in. The creature really does look like a female mermaid and Annette is turned on. Unfortunately, her encounter is cut short, as her d-head boyfriend shows up scolding her for taking her clothes off to swim.

At the hotel, he is incensed and of course a fight ensues. During this fight, Annette hears a scream from the beach and leaves Jacob ranting to investigate. She meets another guest who seems off. Guess who is following her? I won't go into the details of the creature taking on someone else's  body, the title helps some with this, but what happens between her and the creature is super hot. Remember- gender fluidity. Even though this was a 58 page short, I think the author did a great job of wrapping the story up in a satisfying way (in more way than 1😉). As I stated in my hashtag, I would love a full length novel exploring this creature and its dynamics with their human.

[Tyler Metcalfe · Rating 5 out of 5]

I chose to read this erotica due to having read 2 of Watts adaptations of Puppet Combo Games. I had only read those and wanted to get a sense of her style outside of that, as I feel adapting someone else’s work can be a bit restrictive (the stories were enjoyable reads though). I also have always had a fondness for mermaids, I own a mermaid statuette/bookend.

I liked the subject matter of the story and the basic plot. Erotica is what it is, that was quality in the book, but the story itself was great. Most of the horror was inferred as opposed to directly played out while on screen.

I don’t know what sort of story could be told, whether there are more of V’s kind or not, but I would read a full length sequel/companion piece. Maybe some sort of Van Helsing type character and/or other creatures would be a part of it.

None of that may ever happen, I’m just throwing speculation out there. I enjoyed this tale.

[G · Rating 2 out of 5]

Well… that was bizarre. And a bit terrifying. It left me with more questions on the selkie’s true form than anything else. Oftentimes, the writing was confusing as to who was doing what. I’m not sure if I was supposed to get anything out of this, but anyway, it’s over now.

[Brianna Noelle]

DNF @ 22 %
I think its just not the right time. Might come back.

[Meat Head · Rating 3 out of 5]

My first monster romance 🥰 selkie was weird and creepy but also kinda gay and sexy

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was…. Interesting? Complicated? Nuts? All the above?

It had so many things going on with so little pages that it was hard to put down.

[Alina · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved every second of it. The writing, the story and also: It was so hot 🔥