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    The Mermaid Variations
    The Mermaid Variations
    The Mermaid Variations
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    The Mermaid Variations

    By Rhys Hughes

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    The adventures of an exceptional mermaid as she travels from a carnival in tropical Brazil to a country where it never stops raining, Wales; and from there to the moon, where the lunar mermaids are the wrong way around. A magical mystical miniature trilogy for adults who still believe in whimsy, romance and fables!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRhys Hughes
    Release dateFeb 5, 2012
    ISBN9781466008342
    The Mermaid Variations
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    Rhys Hughes

    RHYS HUGHES was born in Wales but has lived in many different countries and currently lives in India. He began writing at an early age and his first book, Worming the Harpy, was published in 1995. Since that time he has published more than fifty other books and his work has been translated into ten languages. He recently completed an ambitious project that involved writing exactly 1000 linked short stories. He is currently working on a novel and several new collections of prose and verse.

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