Into the Heartless Wood

The darkly atmospheric story “Into the Heartless Wood” by Joanna Ruth Meyer tells the story of an impossible love between a boy named Owen Merrick and a monstrous forest siren named Seren. The woodland is a deadly location where people are lured to their deaths.

Seren chooses to save Owen’s life rather than take it as he is drawn into the witch’s wood. Her desire to become human grows every night. But an ominous curse is predicted by a change in the constellations, and Seren’s attempt to become human draws them into an old conflict between the witch and the monarch.