The Mermaid of Ellis Prime and Other Stories

By Stephannie Tallent

This collection includes eight short science fiction stories.

Everything Except Humans;
I'm the Maintenance Man;
The Death of Workshop Betty;
Of Parrots and Pigeons;
The Death of Innocents;
The First Day in Her New Life;
The Medic of the Crow City Mining Coop;
and The Mermaid of Ellis Prime

• Language: English
• Publisher: Stephannie Tallent
• Release date: Sep 5, 2021
• ISBN: 9781942655275

Stephannie Tallent

Stephannie Tallent is a 1989 West Point graduate. Since then she's served in the Army as a Military Intelligence officer, gotten a Zoology degree, went to vet school, worked as a small animal veterinarian, and designed and published knitting patterns and books.Throughout all that she's always wanted to be a writer, and she's finally put all her type A, soft-spoken, liberal, invisible middle-aged woman focus on that goal, writing everything from fantasy to science fiction to mysteries to romance.Check out her website at www.stephannietallent.com.

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