'How did you find me? Where did you come from?'
'You called me,' he said.
'I called you?' Maggie frowned. 'How?'
'You cried seven tears into the sea.' Grieving the loss of her husband in a boating accident, Maggie inadvertently summons a selkie man who offers comfort the only way he knows how.
Nine months later a baby is born, but though Maggie loves him with every inch of her being, his existence isn't enough to drag her from the depths of despair.
All Maggie wants is to shed the grief weighing her down.
Can she return her son to his father and join the selkies herself? Or will her sorrow send them both over the edge?
'Maggie and the Selkie' is a short story prequel to 'What the Tide Brings'.
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Heather Ewings is a Tasmanian author of speculative fiction. With a Masters in History and a fascination with myth and folklore, Heather's stories explore the past and the present (and occasionally the future) through the lens of the magical. Her short stories have been published both in Australia and internationally. Heather describes herself as a bookworm, a chocoholic, and a would-be hermit (if she didn't need to ferry her children to their myriad social events).