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The Selkies' Mother
A Fantasy Short Story by Alethea Lyons
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Mythic Fantasy,
- Folklore Fantasy,
- Shapeshifters,
- Revenge Fantasy,
- Environmental Fantasy
This book is for you if you're into...
- Mythic revenge stories driven by fierce maternal protectiveness
- Folklore retellings where ancient beings confront modern threats
- Ecofantasy with shapeshifters fighting back against human exploitation
It wasn't the first time one of her daughters had been caught by a human, her skin torn asunder and hidden while she was forced to bear their rotten offspring. But they had become wiser over time. It had been an age since one was caught. Before, she would have left them to their fate. This time was different.
For centuries, humans have been kidnapping selkies - shapeshifting seals who shed their skin to become human on land. When humans hide those skins, the selkies can never return to the sea, and they're forced to marry their captors.
For centuries, their mother has watched from afar and mourned the loss of her daughters, but modern technologies mean that this time there's more than the life of one selkie at stake.
Fueled by anger at humanity's wanton polluting of the sea, and by maternal rage for her kidnapped daughter, the Selkies' Mother comes ashore to find her pup and ensure no word of her children will spread.
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