Flash Fiction: Resurrected Feral Mermaid Clones

"The water column rippled, bringing with it a colder current from the far off. Scalefall writhed, tasting the change of the season like crisply brittle darter bones."

Published October 21, 2026 by Oleander Craw in writing Share

For this month's prompt, I asked the internet for random things to craft a flash story around. There were a lot of good responses, and I choose the following: feral mermaids, clones and fish resurrecting as butterflies.

This is a flash story about mermaids resurrecting. It is 906 words long.

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Content warnings: mention of harm to a shark, mermaid cannibalism

Scene break by alderdoodle

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