A watery, Gothic update of Greek myth by an exciting new voice in dark fiction.
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Pairing Guillermo del Toro's water monster romance with Sofia Samatar's celebrated 2013 selkie story.
Read moreBefore 20,000: Submarine Stories from the Ancient World
In honor of speculative-fiction venerable Jules Verne, born this day in 1828, here are three stories of submarine adventures from long, long before the Nautilus.
Read more"Possession" and A.S. Byatt's Uses of Enchantment
In her Booker-winning Possession, A.S. Byatt interweaves wild fairy tales and romantic poetry among a stolidly realist novel. But who can say 'no' to a beautiful mermaid-dragon?
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