A Brackish Shore

a queer prequel, inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid"

At a carnival by the water's edge, Sella the Seer passes her days reading fortunes for the strange souls who drift through the midway. She's learned that one is hungry for something in their cards—wealth, admiration, power, adoration—because she was everyone is hungry for something in their cards—wealth, admiration, power, adoration—because she was hungry once too. But one faithful visitor, a silent young woman with a scream of red hair, has her suddenly craving again. Now Sella wonders what it is they both want from their sessions and what they—what she—is willing to do to keep it.