Deadly Mermaids: A Jamaican Tale

Jamaica is a country steeped in reggae and fun. Bomething has come to ruin it. Mermaids. Not the ones in children fairytales or Disney Movies. They were beautiful at first sight but as they tempted you into the water things started to change. And when you were dragged into the river or sea, you'd be face to face with a cannibalistic monster. Then you were eaten alive. Never to return.

Jesse is a suburban girl who lost her sister to a mysterious accident by the sea. Jack a boy from the streets rescues a little girl one day. His eyes fall on a hissing creature that turned into a beautiful female once it's upper body was completely above water. Not waiting for the next event he ran off with the girl. He leaves her in a squatter dwelling with a woman he calls Aunt Mai-zee.

Soon he starts having strange dreams and notices he can do non-ordinary things. He learns from an obeah man that he was the only person on the island to face a mermaid under water and live. More so fight her for something and win. Jack goes home but his dreams soon turn to terrible nightmares. They all indicated one thing. The mermaids were coming for him and their retribution would not be swift but agonizingly slow.

He slipped unto a school compound to meet Jesse. A girl he knew back when he had family and a home. She often gave him spare change and rarely some old clothes to sell, use or give to Aunt Mai-zee for her to create a new outfit. But their meeting is interrupted by a girl who claims she's new and got lost. She's a foreigner and her name's Zimma Grant. The girl has huge blode curls and lightly tanned caucasian skin. The only pet peeve was that she always spoke like she had a megaphone in her hand. When Jesse offers to take Zimma to class, Jack rises to leave. But Zimma grabs his hand. He immediately saw flashes of images, none made sense. But one stood out, a memory photo of what attacked him. He pulled his hand away and hurried off.

Things were worse than he thought. The mermaids weren't coming for him. They'd already arrived. He confides in Jesse who is skeptical at first. But as things take a dark turn, she starts to think differently. Something wicked was coming and it wanted the most valued thing in a growing country. The children.