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Mermaids!

Cover of first edition
Author	edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
Cover artist	Dawn Wilson
Language	English
Series	Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois Ace anthology series
Genre	Fantasy
Publisher	Ace Books
Publication date	1986
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (paperback)
Pages	260
ISBN	0-441-52567-9
Preceded by	Bestiary!
Followed by	Sorcerers!

Mermaids! is a themed anthology of fantasy short works edited by American writers Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois. It was first published in paperback by Ace Books in January 1986. It was reissued as an ebook by Baen Books in July 2013.

The book collects seventeen novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, together with an introductory essay by Avram Davidson and a bibliography of further reading by the editors.

Contents

• "The Prevalence of Mermaids" (Avram Davidson)
• "Nothing in the Rules" (L. Sprague de Camp)
• "She Sells Sea Shells" (Paul Darcy Boles)
• "The Soul Cages" (T. Crofton Croker)
• "Sweetly the Waves Call to Me" (Pat Murphy)
• "Driftglass" (Samuel R. Delany)
• "Mrs. Pigafetta Swims Well" (Reginald Bretnor)
• "The Nebraskan and the Nereid" (Gene Wolfe)
• "The Lady and the Merman" (Jane Yolen)
• "The White Seal Maid" (Jane Yolen)
• "The Fisherman's Wife" (Jane Yolen)
• "Till Human Voices Wake Us" (Lewis Shiner)
• "A Touch of Strange" (Theodore Sturgeon)
• "Something Rich and Strange" (Randall Garrett and Avram Davidson)
• "The Crest of Thirty-six" (Davis Grubb)
• "The Shannon Merrow" (Cooper McLaughlin)
• "Fish Story" (Leslie Charteris)
• "In the Islands" (Pat Murphy)
• "Recommended Reading List" (Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois)