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* In the last of the five short stories in the anthology ''Love Is Hell'' entitled ''Love Struck'' by Melissa Marr a teenage girl walking along a beach accidentally steps upon a pelt of a selchie. The selchie falls in love the girl but at first she doesn't return his love. {{spoiler|The girl must ultimately make the decision to free the selchie because of his increasing longing for the sea or to keep close the selchie she now loves.}} |
* In the last of the five short stories in the anthology ''Love Is Hell'' entitled ''Love Struck'' by Melissa Marr a teenage girl walking along a beach accidentally steps upon a pelt of a selchie. The selchie falls in love the girl but at first she doesn't return his love. {{spoiler|The girl must ultimately make the decision to free the selchie because of his increasing longing for the sea or to keep close the selchie she now loves.}} |
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* The [[Catherynne M. Valente|Catherynne M Valente]] book ''[[The Orphan's Tales|The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden]]'' includes a story of a female satyr who acquires a male selkie's skin, and then acquires the selkie as a lover. |
* The [[Catherynne M. Valente|Catherynne M Valente]] book ''[[The Orphan's Tales|The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden]]'' includes a story of a female satyr who acquires a male selkie's skin, and then acquires the selkie as a lover. |
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* The ''[[Star Trek Titan]]'' novels include a Selkie character, Aili Lavena, who was a former lover of Captain William Riker. Note that "Selkie" is a term used by humans for a race which is amphibious during its breeding stage (when humans and other offworlders tend to meet them), before shifting to a fully aquatic phase. |
* The ''[[Star Trek: Titan]]'' novels include a Selkie character, Aili Lavena, who was a former lover of Captain William Riker. Note that "Selkie" is a term used by humans for a race which is amphibious during its breeding stage (when humans and other offworlders tend to meet them), before shifting to a fully aquatic phase. |
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** These Selkies, and their home-world of Pacifica, are key in the novel [[Star Trek |
** These Selkies, and their home-world of Pacifica, are key in the novel [[Star Trek: The Next Generation Relaunch|''Star Trek The Next Generation: Losing the Peace'']] |
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* ''Uist Skerrie: The Inheritance'', by Ellen S. Cartwright involves an island in the Chesapeake Bay where ancestors of the Uist Islands in the Hebrides off Scotland live on in both Selkie and peacekeeper roles as an young doctor receives her birthright in a legacy filled with mystery, romance, and suspense. Selkie legend and modern science coexist with a constant struggle for protection against mainland intrusions and curiosity. |
* ''Uist Skerrie: The Inheritance'', by Ellen S. Cartwright involves an island in the Chesapeake Bay where ancestors of the Uist Islands in the Hebrides off Scotland live on in both Selkie and peacekeeper roles as an young doctor receives her birthright in a legacy filled with mystery, romance, and suspense. Selkie legend and modern science coexist with a constant struggle for protection against mainland intrusions and curiosity. |
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* ''Sea Change'', by Aimee Friedman is about a girl who comes to Selkie Island during the summer after a drama-filled year. She meets Leo, who is a selkie. |
* ''Sea Change'', by Aimee Friedman is about a girl who comes to Selkie Island during the summer after a drama-filled year. She meets Leo, who is a selkie. |
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