Review of Luscha Makortoff, “Going to Sea, Mother,” Luna Station Quarterly 63 (September 2025): 37-49 — Purchase here. Reviewed by Sara L. Uckelman.
Content note: Suicidal ideation.
Selkie stories tend to be more difficult to pull off than stories of other mythical creatures, in part because the mythology of the selkie is so constraining: There is one dominant narrative, and I find many authors struggle to escape it. Makortoff managed to add extra layers to the typical selkie story, intertwining it with another story of desertion and loss, in a way which I ended up enjoying quite a bit.
SFF Reviews 