“Book Descriptions: A collection of short stories titled "Protected by mermaids", issued as a consequence of winning the Special Prize FANUS NEAGU at the short stories contest NICOLAE VELEA. After the winning story, there are two parts: Sirene (Mermaids), comprising retellings of classical mermaids stories (Gorgona, Melusine, Yara, Yemaya, La Llorona) and Ocrotiti de sirene (Protected by mermaids) comprising, mostly, sailing-themed short stories, some of them published before in a literary magazine, some original. We get another adventure of El Moreno the mercenary from the previous short story volume, but also a story from 1821 Battle of Dragasani and a retelling of a bloody wedding ballad.” DRIVE