Description:

#audio. #flashfiction Space mermaids are a thing. Sort of.

Excerpt:

And we do. Swing from one astral body to another. Play hide and seek inside nebulae. Have incredible games of follow-the-leader through asteroid fields. Surf on solar flares. Like humans, and saltwater mermaids, we are made of stardust, but we are a bit more of the star than the dust.

Also like our cousins on that big, blue and green marble, we love to dance.

Our cousins – sisters, really – dance on sand or stone, under constructed roofs, or under the moon. They dance with partners, sometimes just for fun, sometimes as a precursor to another, more private sort of dance.

Links and References

• Read the text version: Swing on a Star
• Visit the folks participating in DDOQ (Dog Days of Quarantine)
• Check out Master Piece Audio Theater on Facebook
• Visit The Literal Challenge

Credits:

• The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using the Auphonic iPhone app and Audacity.
• Bathtub Mermaid album art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
• Sound Effects are from Freesound.
• “Swinging on a Star” was composed by Jimmy Van Heusen with lyrics by Johnny Burke.

Contact:

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• Email: missmelysse@gmail.com
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