Mermaids

Eighteen exotic tales of the sea’s most seductive mystery.

“The Prevalence of Mermaids” by Avram Davidson

“Nothing in the Rules” by L. Sprague de Camp

“She Sells Sea Shells” by Paul Darcy Boles

“The Soul Cages” by Thomas Crofton Croker

“Sweetly the Waves Call to Me” by Pat Murphy

“Driftglass” by Samuel R. Delany

“Mrs. Pigafetta Swims Well” by Reginald Bretnor

“The Nebraskan and the Nereid” by Gene Wolfe

“The Lady and the Mereman” by Jane Yolen

“The Fisherman’s Wife” by Jane Yolen

“Till Human Voices Wake Us” by Lewis Shiner

“A Touch of Strange” by Randall Garrett and Avram Davidson

“The Crest of Thirty-six” by Davis Grubb

“The Shannon Merrow” by Cooper McLauglin

“Fish Story” by Leslie Charteris

“In the Islands” by Pat Murphy

Cover Art by Dawn Wilson

This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

First printing, January 1986

Printed in the United States of America

eISBN: 978-1-62579-150-4

Copyright 2013 by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.

Electronic version by Baen Books
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