Description: In which the Bathtub Mermaid shares three spooky short stories from her contributions to this year’s HorrorDailies project. Links & References: The Rules – full text at MissMeliss.com The Lady of La Paz – full text at MissMeliss.

Description: In which the Bathtub Mermaid talks about Star Trek‘s enduring message of hope. Excerpt: And now it’s 2016, and every social, every cultural step we’ve moved forward seems, at times, to be counter-balanced by a step back.

  Description: In which the Bathtub Mermaid presents a reader’s theatre version of a piece of TNG fanfic.  (Star Trek: The Next Generation  & the character Data belong to CBS/Paramount.  The rest is mine. This is a work of fan-fiction,

  Description: In which the Bathtub Mermaid talks about blue jeans and butterfly wings. Transcript: No transcript, but topics include denim, 4-H camp, campfire songs, singing with people, and the wings of butterflies.

Description: In which the Bathtub Mermaid riffs about the color Oxblood as a fall shade. Transcript: No transcript, but topics include Oxblood as a fall color, my favorite ankle boots, and a visit to the doctor.

  Description: In which the Bathtub Mermaid reads a short-short story, Simmering, which is a sequel to Steeping, which she read on this podcast in 2013. Excerpt: “The original recipe calls for a cup of blood.

Description: Silver is the color of laughter… RIP Gene Wilder. Transcript: My husband asked me to talk about the color silver. Silver is source of humor for us, because I tease him about his strawberry-blond beard going gray,

Description: In which the Bathtub Mermaid compares her marriage to the relationship between a kite and string. Excerpt: If there are times when his somewhat introverted, often pedantic, stoic, engineer self makes me feel like I’m actually married to th...

  Description: In which the Bathtub Mermaid talks about smuggling salt and vanilla home from Mexico. Transcript: Every year at about this time, I start counting, not just the days, but the minutes – the seconds – until my next visit to see my parents i...

Description: In which the Bathtub Mermaid riffs about ochre and ogres and spices. Transcript: My aunt Patricia in Connecticut suggested that I talk about ochre. Specifically, she asked me to riff on yellow ochre, and I’ll confess,