Mer (Grattan Street Short)

Set in an ominous underwater world marred by humandestruction the stories in Mer unsettle traditional mermaidmythology - beyond gender beyond beauty beyond romance.Merfolk have ruled their watery domain for untold years buthumans threaten it with deadly danger. Stranded and alone Odel haunts an abandoned lake. Ondine drags her prey to agraveyard of their own making. Unzel pursues a threateningboat. Nothing left to lose the merfolk will do whatever it takesto defend their home - no matter who gets in their way.In her debut collection Samantha Amy Mansell weaves aseries of evocative tales about vengeance loss and the right to survive. Mer asks not what but who lurks in the deep.