Fresh off the word processor (and oh, very unedited!), this week’s teaser is a bit of a stylistic shift. It comes from a story that my merman, Loril, tells his human girlfriend Irene about the first Walker, his namesake. I tried to make this a fresh version of the many mermaid legends that exist–creating a story told from the mermaid’s perspective. The second half will follow next week.

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Today’s teaser explains some of the mechanics and biology of my mermaids. I have to admit that I winced a bit when I read this excerpt from Hannah Moskowitz’s blog from her current work-in-progress, which also features a merman, and raises similar questions of biology. But, hell, if you’re writing about mermen that do it, you really have to address the Mermaid Problem!

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