Alex Terrell is a freelance writer and is pursuing her Master of Arts in English at the University of Maine, Orono. As a freelance writer, she was a contributing editor for The Southern Literary Festival anthology and honed her skills as an intern at the Raconteur Publishing House. Her short story "Black Dog" is forthcoming in the Black Warrior Review's 44.1 issue. Alex resides in Orono, Maine.

FICTION

If More of Us Were Sirens

By ALEX TERRELL

I go into the water and I wonder if the fear I feel is lesser or greater than the fear of my ancestors.