Now through the hollowing green wave we wander

[sovay]

I am so glad that there are now multiple confirmed seals visiting the Charles for culinary tourism. I like that they haul out on the docks. I expect a boom in selkie stories in Boston. Do you hear me, local folklore?

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[lilysea]

Yay seals! ^_^

I <3 migratory seal stories.

Did you see that one about a woman who found a seal on her roof?

and another woman who found a seal on her couch? (It had gotten out of the ocean, across the beach, across a road, through her dog door, and up a flight of stairs.)

[lilysea]

'My goodness, I've got a seal on the roof'
http://www.stuff.co.nz/oddstuff/74509077/my-goodness-ive-got-a-seal-on-the-roof

Seal hops into home, naps on couch
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-14/seal-makes-itself-at-home/3730682

Baby seal found curled up on sofa (video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWhS_EISY0A

Baby seal investigates person (very cute)
https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostUK/videos/1108264552574609/

[sovay]

'My goodness, I've got a seal on the roof'

Thank you for these wonderful seal links! I had heard about the seal on the couch, but not the one on the roof. The seal pups are ridiculously sweet.

[lilysea]

By the way I read a selkie novel a while ago that you might like

The Wild Ways, by Tanya Huff

"Charlie Gale heads east to join a Celtic band on the summer circuit, but faces Aunt Catherine instead. An offshore oil-drilling company hired Catherine to steal Selkies' sealskins. Charlie must teach being Wild to Jack - a Dragon Prince trying to be a real boy - and commit corporate espionage with a sobbing seal-wife and every fiddle player in Nova Scotia."

[sovay]

The Wild Ways, by Tanya Huff

Thank you! I hadn't encountered that one. My familiarity with Tanya Huff basically started and stopped in high school with the (then) three Quarters books.

[lilysea]

You might also like Seanan McGuire’s One Salt Sea, also about selkies.

[sovay]

ou might also like Seanan McGuire’s One Salt Sea, also about selkies.

I have traditionally bounced off Seanan McGuire, but I will consider this one on the strength of selkies.

[aedifica]

Oh, I do recommend The Wild Ways! I think it's better read after The Enchantment Emporium, but reading them both isn't required. Selkies and lots of bi (and a few gay and several presumed-straight) characters.

Edited to clarify: the selkies are all in TWW, not TEE.

[sovay]

Selkies and lots of bi (and a few gay and several presumed-straight) characters.

I like both of these things!