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Kelly Jarvis

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Some speculate that Scottish Selkie myths grew from sightings of Finnish women traveling the seas in their sealskin kayaks or from shipwrecked foreigners with long, jet-black hair 🦭🌕

🎨 by Arthur Rackham

#FolkloreThursday #folklore #fairytale #selkies #SelkieMoon #debutnovella #summeroftheselkie

September 4, 2025 at 11:39 AM Everybody can reply

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Kelly Jarvis

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Searching for freshwater selkies in a pond 🪷🦭🍃

#SelkieMoon #selkies #fairytale #folklore #adventures #travel #RhodeIsland #pond #pondlife #debutnovella #summeroftheselkie #selkiesummer

September 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM Everybody can reply

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Kelly Jarvis

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Selkie Sunday 🦭🌕

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📸 by Karl Ramsdell

#selkiesunday #Selkies #SelkieMoon #summeroftheselkie #selkiesummer #seals #sealife #oceanphotography #folklore #fairytale

June 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM Everybody can reply

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Kelly Jarvis

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Selkie Saturday 💙🦭🌕

📸 by Karl Ramsdell

#selkiesaturday #Selkies #SelkieMoon #folklore #seal #debutnovella #writerslife #summeroftheselkie

May 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM Everybody can reply

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Kelly Jarvis

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Selkie Moon visits Glendalough, Ireland with @katherinegibson_💖

Glendalough is the site of a 6th-century monastic settlement founded by St. Kevin ☘️

#Selkies #SelkieMoon #summeroftheselkie #selkiesummer #fairytale #folklore #travel #adventure #ireland #grateful #ilovemyjob

July 22, 2025 at 12:21 PM Everybody can reply

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Kelly Jarvis

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Selkie Moon, where the river meets the sea 💙🦭🌕

#SelkieMoon #Maine #sacoriver #SacoBay #selkies #folklore #fairytale #summeroftheselkie #selkiesummer #debutnovella #SummerVacation

August 16, 2025 at 11:06 AM Everybody can reply

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Kelly Jarvis

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Mood Board Monday: the “simmer dim” is a term used in Orkney and Shetland to describe the twilight days of the summer solstice when the sun sets but never sinks below the horizon. 🌊☀️🐚

#moodboardmonday #summersolstice #simmerdim #orkney #orkneyislands #Selkies #SelkieMoon #summeroftheselkie

June 16, 2025 at 9:20 AM Everybody can reply

Kelly Jarvis

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Mood Board Monday: St. Magnus Cathedral, known as Britain’s “Light in the North,” features in my debut novella Selkie Moon, publishing June 17th 2025.

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#moodboard #moodboardmonday #orkney #orkneyislands #stmagnuscathedral #folklore #Selkies #SelkieMoon #summeroftheselkie

May 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM Everybody can reply

Kelly Jarvis

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⭐️FREE GIVEAWAY⭐️

The Summer of the Selkie starts on Thursday, May 1st! You can get FREE access to my Selkie Moon playlist by joining my reader list today! 💙🦭🌕

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#FairyTaleTuesday #fairytale #folklore #Selkies #SelkieMoon #summeroftheselkie #playlist #freegiveaway

April 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM Everybody can reply

Kelly Jarvis

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Sending magic in the mail today! ✨📫💫

Sign up for my reader list for another #freegiveaway contest coming soon!

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🎨 by Alison Weber

#SelkieMoon #selkies #summeroftheselkie #selkiesummer #folklore #fairytale #blogger #writer

August 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM Everybody can reply

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Kelly Jarvis

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The human children of selkies are often born with strange conditions like pale, dry skin and syndactyly (a webbing between the fingers and toes) 🦭

🎨 by Jackie Morris

#FolkloreThursday #folklore #selkies #SelkieMoon #summeroftheselkie #selkiesummer #selkiebride

July 31, 2025 at 12:12 PM Everybody can reply

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Kelly Jarvis

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Congratulations to Deborah Sage, the winner of Alison Weber’s beautiful Selkie Moon Art Print! Another #freegiveaway coming soon!

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#FolkloreThursday #folklore #celticfolklore #folklorandfairytale #Selkies #SelkieMoon #summeroftheselkie #artistinterview

June 5, 2025 at 11:09 AM Everybody can reply

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Kelly Jarvis

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Selkie Saturday 💙🦭🌕

#selkiesaturday #Selkies #SelkieMoon #summeroftheselkie #selkiesummer #folklore

June 28, 2025 at 11:27 AM Everybody can reply

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Kelly Jarvis

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Learn all about Selkies in popular culture in this month’s blog post! 💙🦭🌕

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#fairytale #folklore #celticmythology #selkies #SelkieMoon #summeroftheselkie #selkiesummer #blogger #writer #writingcommunity

Selkies, the seal people who shed their skins to become human on land, have long been a part of the folkloric imagination. Earlier this season, I posted about traditional selkie folklore in The Summer...

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August 1, 2025 at 12:36 PM Everybody can reply

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Kelly Jarvis

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Come see us at the Westbrook Summer Festival and get your signed copy of Selkie Moon 💙🦭🌕

#debutnovella #writerslife #writer #Selkies #folklore #fairytale #SelkieMoon #summeroftheselkie #summerreading #booksbooksbooks

July 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM Everybody can reply

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Kelly Jarvis

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Dance the weekend away! #FREE playlist here:

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#freegiveaway #blog #playlist #Selkies #SelkieMoon #summeroftheselkie #selkiesummer #writerslife

June 13, 2025 at 11:24 AM Everybody can reply

Kelly Jarvis

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Selkie Moon visits the Charles W. Morgan at Mystic Seaport, the last wooden whaling ship in the world 🐋

#SelkieMoon #selkies #Whales #Mystic #Connecticut #folklore #fairytale #debutnovella #selkiesummer #summeroftheselkie #mysticseaport

August 23, 2025 at 12:26 PM Everybody can reply

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Kelly Jarvis

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Selkie Moon visits Glendalough, Ireland with @katherinegibson_💖

Glendalough features the ruins of a gateway, a round tower, cathedrals, and churches ☘️

Follow along on a little book’s BIG adventure! 🦭🌕

#Selkies #SelkieMoon #summeroftheselkie #fairytale #folklore #travel #adventure #ireland

July 23, 2025 at 11:34 AM Everybody can reply

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Kelly Jarvis

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Thank you to Nick Rees Gardner for a beautiful review of Selkie Moon
💙🦭🌕

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#FolkloreThursday #folklore #fairytale #folkloreandfairytale #Selkies #SelkieMoon #summeroftheselkie #debutnovella #writer #writerslife #bookreview #bookrecommendations

Book Review: Selkie Moon by Kelly Jarvis

SELKIE MOON by Kelly Jarvis is a compelling folkloric exploration of the push and pull of family life and the power of choice. Reviewed by Nick Rees Gardner.

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May 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM Everybody can reply

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Kelly Jarvis

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Mood Board Monday: Selkie Moon takes place on Orkney, a beautiful archipelago of islands north of Scotland 🌊🐚🦭

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#moodboardmonday #debutnovella #writer #writerslife #folklore #Selkies #SelkieMoon #orkney #orkneyislands #summeroftheselkie

May 5, 2025 at 11:46 AM Everybody can reply

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Kelly Jarvis

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Thank you to @kvcatnip for this lovely review of Selkie Moon 💙🦭🌕

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#selkies #selkiemoon #summeroftheselkie #selkiesummer #folklore #fairytale #celticmythology #oceanvibes

July 29, 2025 at 1:50 PM Everybody can reply

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Kelly Jarvis

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When Mail feels like Magic! ✨

Thank you to my friend, Stephanie Goloway, who sent me a set of folklore stamps and postcards all the way from the United Kingdom! I love them all, but the Selkie has my heart! 💖🦭🌕

#fairytales #folklore #Selkies #SelkieMoon #summeroftheselkie #everydayenchantment

May 15, 2025 at 12:11 AM Everybody can reply

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Kelly Jarvis

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Selkie Sunday 🌊🦭🌕

📸 by Karl Ramsdell

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#selkiesunday #SelkieMoon #Selkies #fairytale #folklore #summeroftheselkie #selkiesummer

July 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM Everybody can reply

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Kelly Jarvis

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Selkie Moon stops to smell the flowers at the Mystic Seaport 🌸🦭🌕

#SelkieMoon #selkies #fairytale #folklore #Mystic #mysticseaport #Connecticut #august #summer #adventure #summeroftheselkie #selkiesummer

August 24, 2025 at 10:20 AM Everybody can reply

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Kelly Jarvis

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Celebrate the Summer of the Selkie by pre-ordering the print version of Selkie Moon (ebook exclusive to Amazon) 💙🦭🌕

#FairyTaleTuesday #fairytale #Selkies #SelkieMoon #summeroftheselkie #debutnovella #folklore

Selkie Moon|Paperback

We are all surrounded by darkness. And we are all drawn to the light.The Orkney Islands north of Scotland are steeped in stories of selkies, seal folk who swim in cold ocean waters and shed their skin...

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June 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM Everybody can reply