The First Book of Old Mermaids Tales

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THE OLD MERMAIDS left the disappearing Old Sea and stepped onto the New Desert where they exchanged their finware for skinware. With barely a backward glance, the mysterious and mystical Old Mermaids began building their sanctuary from earth, water, straw, and their own breath.

THESE STANDALONE TALES, many excerpts from the novels Church of the Old Mermaids and An Old Mermaid Sanctuary, remind us of the beauty all around us, even on those days when we wonder how we’ll survive, let alone thrive. Sister Ruby Rosarita Mermaid brews a magical storytelling soup to bring peace. A mysterious stranger brings the Old Mermaids an elixir which is supposed to heal all. And then there’s the Tea Shell where the Old Mermaids serve the most marvelous teas, and Sister Sophia Mermaid dispenses bits of wisdom like, “Never try to stop a wave,” “A watched pot eventually boils,” and “This is not the end of the world, it just feels like it.” Despite having lost their home and community, the Old Mermaids support one another, love their new world, and build community with all their new human and nonhuman neighbors. You can be assured when you stop by the Tea Shell for a cup of Essence of Coyote Laughter Tea that no coyotes were harmed in the making of your brew.

KIM ANTIEAU IS the author of many books featuring the Old Mermaids, including: The Fish Wife, Church of the Old Mermaids, and The Blue Tail. Her other works include: Coyote Cowgirl, The Jigsaw Woman, The Gaia Websters, The Salmon Mysteries, and many other novels, stories, poems, and essays. She lives in the Pacific Northwest and the desert Southwest. Learn more about Kim and her writing at www.kimantieau.com. Find more of Kim’s books at your favorite ebook store.

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THE OLD MERMAIDS left the disappearing Old Sea and stepped onto the New Desert where they exchanged their finware for skinware. With barely a backward glance, the mysterious and mystical Old Mermaids began building their sanctuary from earth, water, straw, and their own breath.

THESE STANDALONE TALES, many excerpts from the novels Church of the Old Mermaids and An Old Mermaid Sanctuary, remind us of the beauty all around us, even on those days when we wonder how we’ll survive, let alone thrive. Sister Ruby Rosarita Mermaid brews a magical storytelling soup to bring peace. A mysterious stranger brings the Old Mermaids an elixir which is supposed to heal all. And then there’s the Tea Shell where the Old Mermaids serve the most marvelous teas, and Sister Sophia Mermaid dispenses bits of wisdom like, “Never try to stop a wave,” “A watched pot eventually boils,” and “This is not the end of the world, it just feels like it.” Despite having lost their home and community, the Old Mermaids support one another, love their new world, and build community with all their new human and nonhuman neighbors. You can be assured when you stop by the Tea Shell for a cup of Essence of Coyote Laughter Tea that no coyotes were harmed in the making of your brew.

KIM ANTIEAU IS the author of many books featuring the Old Mermaids, including: The Fish Wife, Church of the Old Mermaids, and The Blue Tail. Her other works include: Coyote Cowgirl, The Jigsaw Woman, The Gaia Websters, The Salmon Mysteries, and many other novels, stories, poems, and essays. She lives in the Pacific Northwest and the desert Southwest. Learn more about Kim and her writing at www.kimantieau.com. Find more of Kim’s books at your favorite ebook store.

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Sister Ruby Rosarita Mermaid and the Storytelling Soup

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When the Old Sea dried up and the Old Mermaids found themselves on the New Desert, Sister Ruby Rosarita Mermaid discovered she could cook soups. And not just any soups, but soups infused with magic, joy, love, and sustenance. When the Peppermans come to live in the desert and the Javelina Conflict erupts, Sister Ruby discovers her soup is more magical than even she could ever have imagined.

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When the Old Sea dried up and the Old Mermaids found themselves on the New Desert, Sister Ruby Rosarita Mermaid discovered she could cook soups. And not just any soups, but soups infused with magic, joy, love, and sustenance. When the Peppermans come to live in the desert and the Javelina Conflict erupts, Sister Ruby discovers her soup is more magical than even she could ever have imagined.

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Another Country

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Every morning when she awakens, the woman looks for her husband Emil and mourns the death of her daughter at the hands of government soldiers. Every morning she can't explain the panic rising in her throat. Then she reads her diary and learns once again what she has forgotten: Her daughter and husband are both dead, and she is alone. But more is going on than she can understand in this harrowing story of revolution, grief, and lost love.

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Every morning when she awakens, the woman looks for her husband Emil and mourns the death of her daughter at the hands of government soldiers. Every morning she can't explain the panic rising in her throat. Then she reads her diary and learns once again what she has forgotten: Her daughter and husband are both dead, and she is alone. But more is going on than she can understand in this harrowing story of revolution, grief, and lost love.

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Grand Mother Yemaya Mermaid and the Thirteen Quilts

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Some time after the Old Sea dried up and the Old Mermaids washed up on the shores of the New Desert, Grand Mother Yemaya Mermaid decided she wanted to find a way to comfort the Old Mermaids who were far from home and lonesome for Old Friends and the Old Sea, so she made them quilts using only the threads of a story and pieces of the desert to create healing and magic that would last forever.

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Some time after the Old Sea dried up and the Old Mermaids washed up on the shores of the New Desert, Grand Mother Yemaya Mermaid decided she wanted to find a way to comfort the Old Mermaids who were far from home and lonesome for Old Friends and the Old Sea, so she made them quilts using only the threads of a story and pieces of the desert to create healing and magic that would last forever.

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Church Of The Old Mermaids

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Myla Alvarez, novice, walks into the Sonoran desert near Tucson, Arizona and begins telling stories about the Old Mermaids who were washed ashore onto the New Desert when the Old Sea dried up. In this mystical new world, they lived, created, and walked in beauty. Myla finds sustenance and meaning in their lives and stories. But she worries that Homeland Security may discover the illegal immigrants she harbors at the Old Mermaid Sanctuary. When an old friend reenters her life, Myla begins to doubt herself and the wisdom of preserving the Old Mermaid Sanctuary. Will the Old Mermaids come to her aid? Church of the Old Mermaids is a tale of redemption, love, compassion, and mystery.

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Coyote Cowgirl

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Jeanne Les Flambeaux is the underachiever in her very accomplished restaurateur family. No one ever expected her to amount anything, so she hasn’t. When her lover, Johnny, steals the family jewels, Jeanne must find him and the jewels before her family discovers their loss. Fortunately she’s aided in her task by Crane, a talking crystal skull who only speaks to her. Together they embark on a wild and wacky journey across the Great American Southwest. To complicate matters, single women are mysteriously disappearing throughout the Southwestern states. As Jeanne stalks Johnny, is she being stalked by someone or something? Light and sexy, filled with imaginative characters and situations, and some of the hottest secret recipes from the Flambeaux recipe drawer, Coyote Cowgirl is a page turner that will leave you laughing and hungry for more. This edition has a new afterword by the author.

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