Today we're talking mermaids with our friend, Zoraida Cordova, an author of many genres who also writes romance under the name Zoey Castile. We talk about the appeal of mermaids, why we're so drawn to them as creatures, their history in mythologies around the globe, and yes, we get into biology, because we give the people what they want.

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The Books

• The Captive Merman’s Promise by Zoey Castile
• Mermaids Never Drown edited by Zoriada Cordova and Natalie C. Parker
• Kiss the Girl by Zoraida Cordova
• The Penguin Book of Mermaids
• Fathomfolk by Eliza Chan
• Witchful Thinking by Celestine Martin
• The Mermaid’s Knight by Jill Myles
• Soul Song by Marjorie M. Liu
• Tentacles and Triathlons by Ashley Bennett
• One Night Standard by E.F. Dodd
• Siren’s Secret by Debbie Herbert
• Whispers of the Deep by Emma Hamm
• Wish out of Water by Holley Trent
• Upon a Starlit Tide by Kell Woods
• To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo

The Notes

• Welcome Zoraida Cordova, our resident mermaid expert. Well, everyone’s mermaid expert. 
• Laura Von Holt is another one of our faves, and she has a mermaid podcast you might want to check out.
• The ocean is so deep, we don’t even know what’s down there! 
• Have you ever googled a whale penis? 
• Merman christmas ornaments. What a world. 
• A huge group of YA books sold all at once:  Wake by Amanda Hocking, Fins are Forever by Tera Lynne Childs, Tempest Rising by Tracy Wolff, Of Poseidon by Anna Banks, Sirena by Donna Jo Napoli
• Maybe you’ve read a Namor comic, or watched Aquaman with Jason Momoa, or Splash with Tom Hanks and Darryl Hannah, or either of the two versions of Disney’s The Little Mermaid.
• MerPeople is a Netflix documentary about professional mermaids. The Coral Room was a bar in New York the features professional mermaids, such as Julie Atlas Muz.

The Sponsors

• Avon Books, publishers of Alyssa Cole's How to Find a Princess, available in print, ebook, and audiobook from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo & Apple Books, or with your monthly subscription to Kindle Unlimited.
• Madison Score, author of Happily Never After, available in print or ebook from Amazon or Barnes & Noble.
• Alyxandra Harvey, author of The Scandalous Spinster, available in print or ebook, or with your monthly subscription to Kindle Unlimited.
• MJ Etkind, author of Dishwasher Safe, available in print or ebook from Amazon.