Seven Miles of Steel Thistles

Poetry – I love the stuff – I have masses of it by heart – but once in a while it’s fun to be a little irreverent, don’t you think?  ...

The Little Mermaid - Edmund  Dulac   A guest post by Cassandra Golds Once upon a time, when I was a very little girl, my father bo...

Here's a story from Ireland which insists on the traditional message of the Lyke Wake Dirge: whatever charity or good deeds you do in l...

Mermaid season continues here on Steel Thistles with my review of “Stormswept”, a standalone title in Helen Dunmore’s distinguished seri...

 'The Little Mermaid', Arthur Rackham Are 'mermaid books' a genre? There’ve been plenty of mermaid stories published ...

Margo Lanagan is my guest today to talk about selkies and the inspiration for her book 'The Brides of Rollrock Island' .   I ca...

Of all the underwater peoples, the selkies – the seal people – have the closest connection with human beings.  You’ve only to go out...