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Thoughts on The Curse of the Sea Witches: A Little Mermaid Graphic Novel

I’ve been in the mood for fantasy stories and mermaids lately, so I was happy to get The Curse of the Sea Witches: A Little Mermaid Graphic Novel . It is written by Rhonda Cleary, and the artwork is done by Valentina Brancati, Andrea Greppi, Lorenzo Fornaciari, and Marco Leoni. The Little Mermaid is one of my favorite fairytales, so I was eager to see what adventure was in store for Ariel in this graphic novel. In the graphic novel, Princess Ariel joins Prince Eric to Greenland, where the Royal Trading Company is working with the locals to build a port for trade. But when Ariel discovers that the construction is disturbing the Arctic mermaids that live there, and that a conflict between the Arctic mermaids and the humans is brewing, she becomes determined to convince the mermaids and humans to work together to come up with a solution to this issue. One thing I will say is that I love the art style, and the artwork is beautiful. I also like how the graphic novel depicts Ariel’s adventur...

Blood Red Bananas: Drabble

The bananas here used to be yellow once upon a time. Now they’re blood red. Nobody is quite sure why. Maybe it was because of a lab explosion that happened a few months ago, its chemicals toxifying the rain and falling onto the bananas. Maybe it was because of an invasive species of earthworms that had somehow burrowed themselves into the soil and made the banana groves their home. Or maybe it was because Grandma painted them red herself because valentine’s day was coming, and she insisted the bananas looked prettier that way. I have a hunch it’s the latter.

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