Some beasts live in the forest, a shadow-filled wood, thick with brambles that catch and tear. Other beasts reside in the forest within.
Tamlin never felt comfortable in her own skin. After a devastating loss, she retreats to a cabin at the edge of everything where she considers the forest--both within and without.
Based on the Scottish myth of Tam Lin, this short fiction explores the themes of transformation, self-worth, and love. *
Writer, artist, and underwater fire-breather, Heather Rigney likes to make stuff. Stuff with words, stuff with paint, stuff that's pretty, and stuff that's not. Heather's stories reflect a dark, gothic childhood spent in the woods of northern Rhode Island. At the moment, she resides in Pawtuxet Village, RI with a family (both chosen and created) that she adores.
Waking the Merrow (release date: June 9, 2014) was adapted from the short story, Mermaids Are Not Nice, which can be found in the anthology DIVE: A Quartet of Merfolk Tales.