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The Man Who Married a Mermaid (1949) tells the picaresque story
of a sailor, Père Olifus, who first marries a mermaid, then embarks
upon a series of voyages to a semi-mythical Far East where he enjoys various
economic opportunities, but remains plagued by the vengeful astral form
of the mermaid wife he left behind.
Master storyteller Alexandre Dumas teamed up with Paul Lacroix
intending to produce a series of magical tales, of which this wry, sarcastic
fable of supernaturally-punished infidelity was the first. When the project
failed, Lacroix expanded the story into a novella, which remains entertaining
as well as intriguing, and deserves to be reckoned one of the flawed classics
of its genre.
Cover by Mike Hoffman
Published by Black Coat Press in April 2017
ISBN: 978-1-61227-612-0
