Book One of The Mermaid Chronicles
Weight of Salt
A novella told in pieces, written to the divine feminine within us all. It isn’t a comfort read.
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First edition of 1,000 copies. Not sold on Amazon.
Told in pieces
Each chapter belongs to one person, caught at the moment something in them has to give. Characters step onto the page, carry their weight for a while, and step off. Some don’t return until the final pages, when the thread tying them together finally shows.
It’s spare by design, closer to a parable than a plot, in the spirit of Jonathan Livingston Seagull. The story gives you the bones, and you bring the rest.
It’s written to the divine feminine within us all, for any reader, woman or man, who is ready to heal the feminine side of their soul.
A note before you begin
This isn’t a comfort read. People have come away from it in very different places. Some found clarity and turned their lives around, some couldn’t finish it, and some found it held up a mirror they weren’t ready to look into.
If you’re on a healing path and mean it, this book may meet you there. If you’re hoping for permission to stay where you are, it won’t give you that.
Three ways to get a copy
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The plain copy
Printed and posted by the Lulu Bookstore. Unsigned. Lulu shows the price in your own currency and adds its shipping at checkout.
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The Mermaid Friend edition
One copy made for you. Your photo goes on the back cover, redrawn from the waist down as a mermaid, with your name beside it.
€59.95plus VAT and shipping to your country
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For shops and pod leaders
Stock the book and keep 40% of the margin on every copy you sell. Suggested retail is €23.95, and you set your own price.
40%of the margin is yours
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Weight of Salt is not sold on Amazon, Barnes & Noble or other large retailers.
For mermaids, mermen and the people who love them
Weight of Salt opens The Mermaid Chronicles, the book series of the Mystic Mermaid Universe. The Universe keeps a worldwide directory of mermaids, mermen, underwater models and the people who put them in the water, at mysticmermaiduniverse.com.
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Shops and pod leaders
The shop keeps 40% of the margin. Suggested retail is €23.95. The unit cost is €7.04.
Because Weight of Salt is an English-language book, its price is not fixed in the EU market. Shops can adjust the retail price as they see fit.
- Shops with premises
- We visit each shop in person before it joins, so there are intake dates. Applications for this intake close on 10 November 2026. The next intake opens in March 2027, with a waiting list in between.
- Selling as an individual
- No visit and no closing date. Pod leaders and other individual sellers can apply at any time.
The first edition
- Edition
- First edition, limited to 1,000 copies. Any later printing will be a second edition.
- Format
- Paperback, 5.5 × 8.5 in (140 × 216 mm), printed in colour on 80 lb coated paper.
- ISBN
- 9798899650345
- Series
- Book One of The Mermaid Chronicles, in the Mystic Mermaid Universe.
- Written by
- Solen Shores. Consultant editor, Little Spark. Editor, SunnyJ Shores.
- Published by
- Tinge World Publishing, Amsterdam. A Mystic Mermaid Musings book, 2025.
- Reads as
- Novella, parable fiction, spiritual fiction. Themes of feminine healing, inner work and emotional sovereignty.
Questions readers ask
Is this a mermaid story?
It is Book One of The Mermaid Chronicles, the book series of the Mystic Mermaid Universe, and the sea runs all the way through it. It is also closer to a parable than a plot. If you come for the mermaids, expect the book to ask something of you in return.
Why does it move from one person to the next?
That is the design. Each chapter belongs to one person, caught at the moment something in them has to give. They step onto the page, carry their weight for a while, and step off. Some do not return until the final pages, when the thread tying them together finally shows.
Who is it written for?
It is written to the divine feminine within us all: any reader, woman or man, who is ready to heal the feminine side of their soul. One reader compared it to Jonathan Livingston Seagull, and the comparison holds. It is short, spare, and leaves room for you.
Is it a hard read?
For some people, yes. Readers have come away from it in very different places. Some found clarity, some could not finish it, and some met a mirror they were not ready for. It asks you to take your own healing path seriously.
Why can't I find it on Amazon?
Tinge World titles are small editions sold three ways: through the Lulu Bookstore, direct from the publisher, and through independent shops. Weight of Salt is not sold on Amazon, Barnes & Noble or other large retailers.
How many copies are there?
The first edition is limited to 1,000 copies. Any later printing will be a second edition.