Letters from Xhale
Words that breathe. Stories that linger.
Independent original short story
Betwixed
A short story · Xhale Chronicles · Magical realism
An elderly man rocks on his porch, telling his grandkids the unbelievable tale of his youth — when he fell in love beneath the sea and fathered two half-human, half-fish children. A magical story about love, loss, and legacy.
Theme: interspecies love, family mythology
Genre: magical realism
Some love stories don’t fit on dry land. This one begins beneath the surface, where the impossible is simply another word for home.
— A note from Xhale
Some love stories don’t fit on dry land. I’ve always believed that the most extraordinary things happen where two worlds meet — where the ocean touches the shore, where myth touches memory. Betwixed is that place. A grandfather’s impossible love, told on a porch at dusk, to children who are only beginning to understand what love costs.
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