I Read Stories: The God Daughter's Shanty by Sydney Sackett

 

God Daughter’s Shanty by Sydney Sackett in Baffling

Her father was taken by the sea goddess and nine months later she was deposited on land. He never returned to the sea, but she swam fearlessly, breathing underwater, eating the fruits of the sea raw. At sixteen she learned the truth and set out to find her mother.

There are others though, children of myth and legend, outcasts and she gathers them together. To protect them and other mortals from being raped by the gods. And when she meets the daughter of the sun the two of them will join together, loving each other and seeking revenge.

Read This: Short, sharp story about the casual cruelty of being abandoned
Don’t Read This: The sea is a primal force, this analogy breaks on it’s rocks