if you were (or are!) an author writing a story with mermaids what genre would you pick & why? any special details to make your mermaids or their world feel unique?

my exposure to mermaids in fiction, probably like most people, came from YA fantasy & fairy tales. i think if i was going to write, i would do some kind of fairy tale retelling, but reading for this quest has kind of convinced me that horror or grimdark fantasy would be the way to go 🌊⛈️🪨 i just think there’s something romantic (and scary) about the deep & the creatures in it, & the vast ocean is a perfect template for something scaly & fast & hungry & unknown.

something i really love is when merpeople are based around different species of fish, so my characters would definitely be designed with the appearance of some of my favorite fish & sea creatures in mind. like imagine a pufferfish-inspired mermaid, or lionfish, or a sunfish! think of all the sharks & jellies & crabs & shrimp & corals under the sea! such a variety just begs to be used when designing your mermaids features & abilities imo. give me alllll the unique tails, abilities, limitations, & designs. 🐡🐠🐟🦐🦀🐙🦑🦈🪼🪸🐚🐋🦞🦪 i would honestly love more romance or general fiction/fantasy with unique mermaid designs but it seems mostly limited to horror or darker stories or anything highlighting how other the merpeople/“monsters” are.

what would you write? 👀

Hey I cant find one but it might be cool if there was a quest for banned books. I can’t speak for anyone else but I think it would be a nice one to have with books like Anne Frank’s Diary, Animal Farm, 1984, and other books like that. What do you guys think?

Hey I cant find one but it might be cool if there was a quest for banned books. I can’t speak for anyone else but I think it would be a nice one to have with books like Anne Frank’s Diary, Animal Farm, 1984, and other books like that. What do you guys think?