A beautiful fairy-tale like story of a trans runaway finding friends, enemies, and strange magic in a big city. She leaves her hometown, her younger sister, and her strict Chinese immigrant parents behind on the day the mermaids beach themselves on the shore and fade away. She finds herself on the Street of Miracles and in the fabulous but fractured community of trans women for the first time. Then a trans woman is murdered, and the others must decide how they want to respond: activism or violence? Infused with ghosts, spells, fights, and forgiveness, this short novel hits hard. I was reminded of Kelly Link's stories, and the Bordertown books by Will Shetterly and Emma Bull. I definitely want to read more from Kai Cheng Thom, who I've heard interviewed on Gender Reveal (episode 81) as well as other podcasts.