On this week's episode, we're talking about mermaids, sirens, selkies, and other moist ladies who may or may not want to eat your whole face off! Guess what: The sea is terrifying! Fuck the sea! Tentpoles this week are The Deep by Rivers Solomon, Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant, and the Studio Ghibli movie Ponyo.
What We’re Into Lately
Piranesi by Susanna Clark
Return of the Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
Division Bells by Iona Datt Sharma
Lynchpin by ShanaStoryteller
Please miss postman by Shamelesscooper
Care and Custody by esama
Scum Villain fanfic
Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Other Stuff We Mentioned
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clark
A Choir of Lies by Alexandra Rowland
The Queen’s Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner
Veep
The West Wing
The Untamed fix-its
Kingsman fic
Finding Faeries by Alexandra Rowland
clipping.
How enslaved peoples escaped into the swamps
The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World by Lincoln Paine
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula K. le Guin
On Drakon
The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders
The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen
Fantasia
Maleficent
“The Deep” by clipping. (song)
“Ride of the Valkyries” (song)
Ponyo On the Cliff By the Sea (song)
Tithe by Holly Black
Moana
Scum Villain fanfic
Eat Prey, Love by Freya Marske
Unnatural Order (upcoming short story anthology)
‘saltwashed’ by Jennifer Mace
Catalyst by Jennifer Mace
Oglaf NSFW webcomic
Diamonds of the Sea mermen holiday ornaments
Macey’s mentioned NSFW Bad Dragon link can be found here
RE Mermaid Fucking research: ‘cloaca’
The Little Mermaid
For Next Time
Dragonsinger (Harper Hall of Pern) by Anne McCaffrey
Transcription
The transcript for this episode is available here. Thanks as always to our most excellent scribblin' scribes for their hard work.
Episode 61: A Time and a Place
Episode 60: Extravaganza
Episode 59: Everybody Wants To Be A Cat
Episode 58: College Experience 101
Episode 57: We All Fall Down
Episode 56: The Title of the Episode
Episode 55: There's a Form for That
Episode 54: Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Episode 53: The Untamed (featuring guest star Ruoxi Chen!)
Bonus Episode: Strange Horizons Special!!
Episode 52: Let Us Tell You Our Thoughts on Yaoi...
Episode 51: How to Romance Your Dragon
Episode 50: Extravaganza (Agony Aunt Special)
Episode 49: And I Shall Sit Here Consumed With Lust for the Rest of the Evening
Episode 48: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (And Stab Things)
Episode 47: Clothes Maketh Man
Episode 46: Welcome to Goth Camp
Episode 45: Not Your Usual Family Reunion
Episode 44: Sympathy for the Devil (Live From WorldCon)
Episode 43: Two Great Tastes That Taste Great Together
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