My latest short story, "Saving Tirnan", a 'tail' of the sea is now available from JMS Books! Yes, it's a story about a merman.
Blurb:
Captain Andrew secures his cruise ship in the safe waters of
a tropical island to escape a hurricane.
While he and his crew prepare to leave, Andrew gets a visit from
mysterious, handsome denizen that convinces him that the island may contain a
paradise beyond his wildest dreams.
Afterwards, Captain Andrew and the crew of the Diamond learn
that the volcano on El Paradiso, the tropical paradise where Tirnan and the
mer-people live is about to erupt. The
world’s attention is focused on the tiny spec of land. Andrew and his crew must race against time to
keep the mer-people’s presence a secret.
How can they do that when scientists and reporters from all over the
globe are descending on El Paradiso?
Excerpt:
Being
captain of a cruise ship in the Caribbean, he saw many wonderful and amazing
creatures. It wasn’t at all unusual to
see porpoises, dolphins and even whales but the excitement never wore off. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight
of the tail as it broke the surface again, but there was something strange
about it.
That movement was
calculated, deliberate,
Andrew thought in surprise. It wasn’t
the randomness of a dolphin at play. He
focused on the spot where it disappeared.
For several long seconds, nothing happened. Andrew began to chastise himself for
imagining things, but a flash below the surface captured his attention.
A
head rose out of the water, long blond hair flowed over the broad muscular
shoulders that followed, wet skin gleamed in the moonlight. A fire stirred in Andrew’s loins. He sucked in his breath as the figure looked
upward to him, revealing the most handsome face he had ever seen.
With
a smile and a wink, the merman leapt up and arched backward into a graceful
back dive, exposing a perfectly chiseled V-shaped torso. The tail sliced through the wake left by the
merman with only a whisper of sound.
Is he showing off or
trying to seduce me? Andrew shrugged, shifting his position in the
window to catch every glimpse he could. Either way, it’s working for me.
He
sat on the sill and watched the merman frolicking in the dark water, putting on
a show for his personal enjoyment. The
beautiful creature would leap out of the water and dive back in displaying
amazing acrobatics. Then he would swim
in lazy circles, showing huge arms, and would roll onto his back, exposing a
muscular chest and a large penis, adding to Andrew’s pleasure.
Soon
the entertainment stopped and the merman gazed up at Andrew, his smile showing
beautiful white teeth in the tropical night.
He crooked a finger at him, beckoning.
He wants me to join him!
Andrew’s heart skipped a beat in excitement. Pushing his body out of the window, Andrew
hesitated on the sill, looking at the precipitous drop to the water. As he leaned farther out gauging the distance,
his hand slipped off the damp sill and he fell, with limbs flailing like a rag
doll, making a clumsy, graceless cannonball into the warm water. The resulting splash echoed off the island
hills like a rifle shot.
Although
he was a strong swimmer, the sudden darkness of underwater disoriented
Andrew. His unceremonious drop took him
deeper than he expected. His confusion
rose to panic as he couldn’t find the surface.
His lungs started to burn for fresh air.
He kicked and floundered frantically, windmilling his arms and working
his legs in an effort to push upward.
A
pair of muscular arms wrapped around his chest from behind, holding him in a
firm yet gentle grip, and then something propelled him to the surface in a
flash. As he broke through, Andrew
gasped and panted sucking in huge breaths of sweet, fragrant air.
As
sanity returned, the arms released him and Andrew turned to face his savior,
the beautiful merman who had been showing off under his window.
“Hello,
Captain Andrew,” he said, smiling, his voice just above a whisper. “I’m Tirnan.”
“Hi,
Tirnan.” Andrew managed a few words
between gasps for breath. “Thanks for
saving my life. I thought I was gonna
drown!”
Tirnan
shook his head, still smiling. “No. You’re safe as long as you’re with me.” His soft voice caressed Andrew’s frazzled
nerves and soothed his fear. His touch
sent fire through Andrew’s veins, quickening his pulse faster than the shock of
near-drowning had. “Well as safe as you
can be with me.” Tirnan winked, holding
on to Andrew with one hand, he pulled his free arm out of the water twirling the shorts Andrew wore when he fell
into the water, on one finger. With a
flick of his wrist, Tirnan tossed the shorts far out into the bay. Andrew gasped. He’d not been aware that they had been
removed. A splash, barely audible,
seconds later gave him little hope of ever seeing them again.
Oh, well.
He
felt a tug on his arm.
“Come on,” Tirnan said, pulling him away from the
ship.
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