It would take all of the temptress powers of Calypso, a sea nymph inGreek mythology, to make Calypso’s Tavern stand out amid the dull stripmalls on Centre Street.

In myth, Calypso is a seductive sea goddess. In Sealy's version, she's a willful, beautiful teenager. Sealy transformed that short story into her award-winning debut novel, The Island of Forgetting .