Sharon Bridgforth's dat Black Mermaid Man Lady is a divination package for contemporary seekers yearning for connection, communal wisdom, and self-determination. Queering African-American Southern traditions, dat Black Mermaid Man Lady contains: a performance novel, a thirty-six card full-color oracle deck, and a forty-card deck of Blessings. The performance novel is set in Louisiana/between time-where the past/the present/the future/the living/the dead/the unborn co-exist. It is filled with piano playing/knife carrying she'roes and old people that fly, who all Work to elevate communal healing, prayers and dreams. The oracle deck features nine characters from the performance novel. Activated by Yasmín Hernández's artwork, each oracle speaks text from the performance novel on four things, including one blank card, which if pulled means "you already know." The Blessings deck invites those that engage it to breathe into pathways that open healing, Love and Light. dat Black Mermaid Man Lady is a special gift package for people to explore their Innermost Divine Connection with Infinite Love. The oracles speak to what's under the surface of the question, the moment, the situation at hand for the seeker. And know that dem Mermaids believe: only Love is real.