Alastair Macleod 
The Mermaid and the Golden Comb 
and other stories

There is, they say, a mermaid in all women. Others say mermaids are the creation of the mind of men. But that is for others to debate. Mermaids have  existed now in fable and legend for millenia, but there likely was a  time when mermaids did not have a golden comb nor a mirror; they made do, as many women do today, with what was around them.

Not all Rock Trolls are bad – this short story reminds us that the mountains we love need us.

Heather Blether – a story of that mysterious island of the Fin Folk