{"quotes":[{"text":"His eyes go wide while a gasp of wonder passes his lips. He turns his body fully toward us. His lips moving like a fish out of water, gasping for breath. He gives his head a shake and stutters out, “Mer—mermaids. There are fish with women’s bodies or—women with fish bodies sitting upon the rocks. I—I never knew...","author":"A.R. Von","tags":["a-r-von","books","dillon","fantasy","fiction","funny","humor","lady-s-destiny","mermaids","paranormal","romance","shifters"],"id":8857,"author_id":"A.R.+Von"},{"text":"For frail but surprisingly strong fairies who had lost their way above groundfor burned mermaids and sick vampire girlsfor wild wolfish women with sharp teeth and leaves in their hair.","author":"Francesca Lia Block","tags":["fairies","feminism","girls","mermaids","strength","vampires","wild-women","wolves","women"],"id":10490,"author_id":"Francesca+Lia+Block"},{"text":"In your life, right here and now, things like mermaids, fairies, witches and monsters are nothing but fairytales told to your grandchildren and stories you heard from your own grandparents as children. They exist only in your imagination. Did you ever think that there is a chance all this was once real, that it all existed? Perhaps yes, but you would then consider such thoughts irrational, that even if you were to believe it and try telling someone they would think you for mad. In my world those creatures are real – I’m real, and I am here to tell you of a story that happened in eons past in the majestic island of Aster.' - Queen of Merfolk Asteria - Ninemia.","author":"Marilena Mexi","tags":["fantasy","mermaids","siren"],"id":11033,"author_id":"Marilena+Mexi"},{"text":"She probably fell asleep and was washed away by the tortoise waves!”-Arista.","author":"Khalia Hades","tags":["adult","ariel","choices-and-consequences","curse","eric","fantasy","fiction","mermaids","paranormal-romance","prince","the-little-mermaid","triton","ursula"],"id":20303,"author_id":"Khalia+Hades"},{"text":"She'd started swimming early in the morning, when the kids were asleep, when she thought he was asleep. She didn't know her absence woke him, that the shift in the bed was an earthquake. When she climbed back in, she smelled like salt and seaweed. Sometimes her hair would still be knotted on top of her head. She tried to keep it dry. She didn't want him to know. The problem with marrying the mermaid girl from the carnival was knowing that one day she'd swim away.","author":"Erika Swyler","tags":["absence","escape","mermaids","relationships","secret","swimming"],"id":20941,"author_id":"Erika+Swyler"},{"text":"You'll do fine.'What, you're psychic now?'Didn't you know?' he asks seriously. 'Must be an aftereffect of the bond.","author":"Tera Lynn Childs","tags":["fins","fins-are-forever","lily","lily-sanderson","mermaid","mermaid-romance","mermaids","quince","quince-fletcher","romance","tera-lynn-childs","ya-romance"],"id":21467,"author_id":"Tera+Lynn+Childs"},{"text":"Each day Marda gets closer. The sub circles coral reefs off the coasts, where mermaids are said to like the colors of the schools of fishes, and train them to swim around their necks like jewelry or live behind their ears, beneath their long hair. Sometimes mermaids like shallow places, but mostly they like the dark and the beautiful, uncharted, abandoned, soulless parts of the undiscovered world.","author":"Holly Walrath","tags":["fantasy","fantasy-fiction","flash-fiction","mermaids","pulp-literature","short-fiction","short-stories"],"id":70815,"author_id":"Holly+Walrath"},{"text":"...A soft inward look some into his eyes, as if he was amazed to find himself alive on such a beautiful day.","author":"Sarah Porter","tags":["alive","amazed","beautiful-day","entranced","eyes","inward-look","mermaids"],"id":77292,"author_id":"Sarah+Porter"},{"text":"As soon as the rocky coast line of the island came into view, I ordered one of the ropes to wrap around Annabeth's waist, tying her to the foremast. 'Don't untie me,' she said, 'no matter what happens or how much I plead. I'll want to go straight over the edge and drown myself.' 'Are you trying to tempt me?'Ha-ha.","author":"Rick Riordan","tags":["annabeth-chase","mermaids","percabeth","percy-jackson","percy-jackson-2","percy-jackson-and-the-olympians","rick-riordan","the-sea-of-monsters"],"id":86474,"author_id":"Rick+Riordan"},{"text":"Such is my curse, Branwyn O'Tyre. Every woman I touch is forced to lavish her affections upon me.","author":"Jo Grafford","tags":["magic","mermaids","romance","sorcery","vikings","witches"],"id":92386,"author_id":"Jo+Grafford"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":62,"pages":7,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}