The Monstrous Sea

THE MONSTROUS SEA is a bewitching collection of young adult short stories, ranging from science fiction and fantasy to paranormal, all featuring a lesbian heroine. This collection is part of Project Unicorn, a fiction project that seeks to address the near nonexistence of lesbian main characters in young adult fiction by giving them their own stories. This collection contains:- A History of Drowning (Paranormal)A girl with dark eyes and a strange, white dress follows Carrie over a series of small tragedies- Melusine (Paranormal)Melusine bears an ancestral curse-when water touches her, she becomes a monster that no one must ever see…but when Mel risks everything to rescue a girl from drowning, the family's dark secret changes her forever- No Bigger Than the Moon (Horror)Anne would do anything for Kylie. But when Kylie's brother changes into a bloodthirsty monster, she goes too far in asking Anne for help…- In the Garden I Did Not Sin (Dark Fantasy)When Meno, the daughter of Eve, watches her mother-the first woman-die, she journeys back to that thing which Eve loved most, the Garden of Eden. But she didn't expect to meet a stranger there…- Two Salt Feet (Paranormal)You can buy anything at the meat market…even a mermaid. Sam's errand for her mom takes a turn for the strange when she accidentally rescues a mermaid who would rather not end up on someone's plate- Daughter of Blue (Magic Realism)At the urging of her friend, Leila-a Wiccan-casts a spell to attract love into her life. A strange dream involving a being from the sea then seems to seal the spell- The Mermaid Circus (Magic Realism)Raised in a family of "career mermaids" who perform underwater to crowds of mermaid believers, Annalee wants nothing more than to leave the Mermaid Circus behind. One afternoon on a beach with a pretty girl inspires her to go for her dreams- Bluebottles (Magic Realism)After spending several heartbroken, landlocked months away, Ramie returns to the sea and is inspired to follow