Merfolk

Tori Truslow's scholarly "Tomorrow Is Saint Valentine's Day" tells the story of the Great Ice Train and its encounter with the merfolk on the Moon. ❋ Shweta_narayan (2010)

The merfolk of the Harbor comb candy wrappers from their hair, but keep the beer bottles for elaborate art installations, fashion jewelry from pull-tabs ❋ Shemhazai (2009)

But it turned out to be an unexpected joy right from the first page: richly and sensually written, it mines deep seams of imagination and characterisation in its portrayal of an alternate world in which land-dwelling humans share medieval Europe with merfolk-like 'deepsmen'. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Along the way they encounter dragons, dwarves, merfolk, and a band of lost warriors before reaching the edge of the world. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Stepsister Scheme surely suffers sassy subordinates supposing superiority, while The Mermaid's Madness mostly manages moist maladies merfolk manifest. ❋ Jimhines (2010)

I'd recommend something like Kit Whitfield's In Great Waters, which is an alternate history with un-romanticised, animalistic merfolk; or Rana Dasgupta's Tokyo Cancelled, a fabulistic story-suite more in the Carroll tradition; or Ian R MacLeod's The Light Ages, another alternate history, in which a magical substance is discovered that powers the industrial revolution. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Other shows have featured such mystery beasts as well, including the classic X-Files (there were those non-mythology shows with Jersey Devil, lake monsters and so forth), Special Unit 2 that featured at lest one episode with merfolk, even the original and remade Night Stalk shows. ❋ Unknown (2007)

On this bewitching voyage that will test their hearts and spirits, the trio will face magical Dufflepuds, sinister slave traders, roaring dragons and enchanted merfolk. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Shapeshifters, satyrs, merfolk, unicorns -- ruled by the strong hand of Arthur the King -- they have sworn to keep their existences hidden from a human race prone to kill what it doesn't understand. ❋ Blue Tyson (2007)

Donato Giancola, the brilliant artist who announced the awards on the Spectrum video himself came up with one of the most memorable recent designs for merfolk: ❋ James Gurney (2009)

All ends well when the family is reunited and swims away to live a new life on a secret merfolk island. ❋ Tinylittlelibrarian (2008)

Not to be left out are the merfolk avatars, called the "Deep Ones" and thus Xia and I dove into the coral reef located underneath one of his three shops to take photographs of this splendor. ❋ Bettina Tizzy (2008)

I've already established how gills and various other anatomical oddities work for my merfolk, but in this case, I like what Bryan did better. ❋ Jimhines (2008)

It doesn't leave open the possibility of an undersea kingdom populated by giant seahorse-riding merfolk. ❋ Michael May (2008)