My Mermaids: Flash Fiction
The wave surged up into Montserrat’s lap, knocking her back on the sand. She screwed her eyes shut and coughed as the water rushed over her face then slid back down into the ocean.
Montserrat got to her feet, brushing wet sand off her legs. She didn’t want to be knocked over again, and she was tired of waiting. Maybe they weren’t coming today, after all.
Maybe mermaids, like humans, never kept promises.
She turned back toward the beach. A wordless cry had her spinning back around.
Two arms waved at her from the end of the dock, one seaweed green, the other robin’s egg blue.
Montserrat’s heart leapt, and she started to run. Her bare feet dug into the sand and skipped over a mound of dried seaweed. The splintered wood of her uncle’s dock bit into her hands as she pulled herself onto it. Then she sprinted down the length of the dock and plunged into the water.
Before she surfaced, two pairs of arms wrapped around her in casual affection.
These mermaids kept promises.
Happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow Canadians! I hope you’re having a lovely day full of family and good food.
My Mermaids is a flash fiction based on a longer short story that I plan to include in a short story collection that I hope to release sometime next year. I don’t have a set release date in mind yet, but be sure to keep an eye out for announcements.
Also included will be my other short stories, Poltergeist, Jarrod the Dragonslayer, and possibly My Home is My Castle.
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