Introducing The Mermaid Quilt & Other Tales, short stories and poems for your reading pleasure

We are fascinated by stories about children and mermaids . . .

John Collier, Land Baby (1899)

Youll find mermaids in unlikely places:

In a museum, at a Cracker Barrel restaurant . . . and in The Mermaid

Quilt & Other Tales.

Cracker Barrel mermaid

Stairwell, Sterling Castle, Scotland

Mermaid Mailbox, Florida

In The Mermaid Quilt, an artist retreats to an ocean cabin where she finds a healing quilt and herself . . .

In La Sirena, a little girl learns how to make a Tree of Life, inspired by the sea . . .

La Sirena Sculpture, San Juan de las Casas, Mexico

Not everyone she meets is kind.

In Yemanja, An entire town in coastal Bahia, Brazil, carries flowers to the sea to honor Yemanja.

In Siren Song, two young girls buy a strange looking mermaid sculpture at a garage sale . . . and take it home.

Barnum & Bailey displayed this FeeJee mermaid from the Philippines in 1842

was inspired by my travels in Alaska, the southwest of the United States, down into Mexico, Guatemala, and Brazil. Fascinated by the history and culture of mermaids, I researched mermaid tales from Russia, France, Brazil, and, along the way, argued with Joseph Campbell and Ariel.

Beth Camp is a spinner of tales, a weaver of dreams, and a maven of words. The poems and short stories about mermaids, and a couple of reluctant mermen, could be the jewel of anyone's library Karen Rice, author of Ghost Walk Beautiful, lyrical, touching. This book introduces the reader to characters who are immediately sympathetic. Camp has a lovely knack for capturing human emotions in a way that is both fresh (the writing) and familiar (the sense of having lived through the same things the character is living through even if you haven't). Take this book to the coast on a stormy weekend, sit by the fire, and enjoy a real treat. --Karelia Stetz-Waters, author of

Dysphoria

The Mermaid Quilt & Other Tales

By Beth Camp Available on Amazon