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Creatures by the Sea: Lover-o-ships, Debtor, and Otters

The ink in the pen you use comes from the days we hunted this great silver squid to near extinction. In the spring, the males would rise to the surface of the water and paint patterns to attract a mate. You could spot them from a mile away.

Creatures by the Sea: Selkies, Clams, and Finfolk

Semen is a powerful seal-lure. Sometimes, a seal may eat it and become pregnant with a human child. The child outgrows its mother, crawling through her insides, killing her in the process; its mother’s skin becomes its own.

Creatures by the Sea: Saltqueen, Radio Angler, & Barnacled

Grandmothers tell stories of a land where eels were once woven in the hair of girls deemed too beautiful. Then, they were buried in salt. So none would love them, even in death, any who looked upon them were cursed to join them in their grave.

Creatures by the Sea: Prodigal Afterbirth, Giant, & Falselight

A firstborn child given freely to the sea is said to bring its father home. When its brothers and sisters have children of their own, the child is born a second time, tangled limbs hauling its pitiful form onto the beach, all milk-pale flesh, puffed and finned. A carpet of...