Seascape

I invite you into a world of fairy tales where a selkie leaves the sea for the first time to go to university; three young boys find a genie in a can of Irn-Bru; two friends see a firebird in an old housing estate; a man is spirited away by a snake charmer; goblins crawl through mirrors; an unwilling princess is "saved" from a tower; and Rapunzel is kidnapped by an automaton. A series of original short stories to amuse and entertain.

Recommendation:

"I've absolutely laughed my butt off! You've taken all the classic fairy tale stereotypical characteristics and turned them into a ball of irony and laughter."
- Rosa Fiore (Software Engineering student and writer)

"I especially enjoyed the story called Brick Lane Gang! I really liked the use of the firebird myth, and I noticed that particularly in the second half, as is noted within the story, it follows the path of the myth up to the success of the three trials. 'Yeah, this is the real world' contrasts effectively with the fact that what Uncle Reza has done is almost a metaphor for Ivan Tsarevich's death in the myth. Even better, it ends there before reaching the end of the myth, leaving the reader to decide whether it follows the myth or deviates from it."
- Sam (beta reader)