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    Carniepunk: Daughter of the Midway, the Mermaid, and the Open, Lonely Sea
    Carniepunk: Daughter of the Midway, the Mermaid, and the Open, Lonely Sea
    Carniepunk: Daughter of the Midway, the Mermaid, and the Open, Lonely Sea
    Audiobook53 minutes

    Carniepunk: Daughter of the Midway, the Mermaid, and the Open, Lonely Sea

    Written by Seanan McGuire

    Narrated by Candace Thaxton

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    From New York Times bestselling author Seanan McGuire, a haunting urban fantasy short story in the Carniepunk anthology—for fans of all things circus, supernatural, and mysterious…

    It’s been seventeen years since the last time Ada’s carnival passed through her father’s hometown in Alabama—and no one is expecting the reception she gets.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateDec 16, 2014
    ISBN9781442386570
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    Seanan McGuire

    Seanan McGuire is the author of Every Heart a Doorway, the October Daye urban fantasy series, the InCryptid series, and several other works, both standalone and in trilogies. She also writes darker fiction as Mira Grant. She was the winner of the 2010 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and in 2013 she became the first person ever to appear five times on the same Hugo ballot.

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    • 5/5
      Great short story. It was sad but also very interesting
    • 5/5
      it has a sad ending but it is still very good.
    • 5/5
      AMAZING, and a (for me, at least) fresh take on mermaids! Part of it was too tense for words, but that made the ending all the better.