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Short Story Press Presents Pearl Port Singer by Natashiah Jansen
Mermaids, mermen, treacherous villagers, and a Nix: these are some of the exciting things in store for you with the latest Natashiah Jansen story entitled Pearl Port Singer.
You’ll be taken on a dive into the magical world of merpeople and learn:
- why the treacherous villagers set up false harbor lights;
- why the mermaids want to stop them;
- why the mermaids call on Antaeus to help;
- why Antaeus believes that Damarion, the moon equatorial feeder, would bring them victory;
- who and what is Rusalka really;
- why Ella dislikes Rusalka;
- who will be with the fin at the end of the day.
If you love humorous stories, you will love Pearl Port Singer.
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 60
Colin Everroad should be dead, but after his lobster boat founders during a violent storm off the Maine coast, he wakes up on a beach. He’s cold, but unscathed...with strange memories of a face he can’t conjure and a voice he doesn’t recognize. No one can explain it, but a friend suggests Colin was saved by one of the mer. Except the mer don’t exist. Do they? But…that face. That voice. Someone was in the water with him. Someone saved him. If not a mer, then who? And whoever it was, Colin wants to see his face. Lir broke protocol by rescuing a land person.
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2 out of 5 stars
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DNF
- By Zell Oakley on 12-21-19
By: L.A. Witt
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Island Jumper
- The Archipelago Series, Book 1
- By: M. H. Ryan
- Narrated by: Kit Carter, Christopher Boucher, Jessica Threet
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 436
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 394
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 395
Jack Sawyer takes a sorority on a party boat tour when a mysterious storm slams into them. Now they are stranded on a chain of strange islands with bizarre creatures that have an unsettling desire to kill them. He must learn how to survive the elements by building rafts, shelters, and weapons from whatever they find on the islands, all while fighting for their lives.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A good harem/survival book
- By STEPHEN PESSOTTI on 07-23-19
By: M. H. Ryan
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Vampirates
- Demons of the Ocean
- By: Justin Somper
- Narrated by: Daniel Philpott
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 176
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 122
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 122
Conor and Grace are twins, recently orphaned after their widowed father's death. They decide to set sail for new pastures in their father's last possession, his sailboat. But a vicious storm capsizes their boat, and the twins are separated. Two mysterious ships sail to their rescue, each picking up one twin before disappearing into the mist. Conor wakes to find himself on a pirate ship; Grace finds herself locked in a darkened room, as the vampirates wait for night to fall and their feasting to begin.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Decent... with a lackluster finale
- By Halbert on 11-29-07
By: Justin Somper
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Enchanter's Child, Book One: Twilight Hauntings
- By: Angie Sage
- Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 64
Alex has a set of Enchanted cards. When she flutters her fingers above them, something magical happens: The cards come alive and create moving pictures of what is now and what is yet to come. But Enchantment is illegal in the city of Luma, and those who practice it are imprisoned forever in the Vaults - dark dungeons deep below the city. When Alex is betrayed by her foster sister Zerra, she knows she is in great danger. With the help of her little foster brother, Louie, she makes a daring escape.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Too hard to listen to
- By J.M. Jaco on 09-30-21
By: Angie Sage
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The Mermaid
- By: Christina Henry
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 211
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 183
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Story4 out of 5 stars 183
Once there was a mermaid called Amelia who could never be content in the sea, a mermaid who longed to know all the world and all its wonders, and so she came to live on land. Once there was a man called P. T. Barnum, a man who longed to make his fortune by selling the wondrous and miraculous, and there is nothing more miraculous than a real mermaid. Amelia agrees to play the mermaid for Barnum and walk among men in their world, believing she can leave anytime she likes. But Barnum has never given up a money-making scheme in his life, and he's determined to hold on to his mermaid.
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3 out of 5 stars
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On the fence
- By Kindle Customer on 07-09-18
By: Christina Henry
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Dragonflight
- Dragonriders of Pern, Book 1
- By: Anne McCaffrey
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,405
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,562
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,583
On the beautiful planet Pern, colonized for centuries, Land Holders and Craftsmen have traditionally tithed food and supplies to the dragonweyrs to which they are bound. In times past, the mighty telepathic dragons and their riders were the only protection from the dreaded, life-threatening Thread. Now those times may be returning....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Poor reading
- By Miles Gloriosus on 09-08-08
By: Anne McCaffrey
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Unstoppable Liv Beaufont Bundle
- By: Sarah Noffke, Michael Anderle
- Narrated by: Dara Rosenberg
- Length: 34 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 21
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Story5 out of 5 stars 21
Included in this collection, totaling almost 35 hours of audio, are the following audiobooks: Book One, The Rebellious Sister; Book Two, The Uncooperative Warrior; Book Three, The Defiant Magician; Book Four, The Triumphant Daughter; and Book Five, The Loyal Friend.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So when is the next set in the series coming out?
- By Nita King on 06-19-23
By: Sarah Noffke, and others
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Wickedly Dangerous
- Baba Yaga Series #1
- By: Deborah Blake
- Narrated by: Romy Nordlinger
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 180
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 165
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Story4 out of 5 stars 166
Older than she looks and powerful beyond measure, Barbara Yager no longer has much in common with the mortal life she left behind long ago. Posing as an herbalist and a researcher, she travels the country with her faithful (mostly) dragon-turned-dog in an enchanted Airstream, fulfilling her duties as a Baba Yaga and avoiding any possibility of human attachment.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely FABULOUS!
- By Fraggle on 11-03-16
By: Deborah Blake
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Project Hail Mary
- By: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 16 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 181,780
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 165,972
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Story5 out of 5 stars 165,419
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Bazinga
- By Davidgonzalezsr on 05-04-21
By: Andy Weir
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George Orwell’s 1984
- An Audible Original adaptation
- By: George Orwell, Joe White - adaptation
- Narrated by: Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Erivo, Andrew Scott, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,070
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7,681
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,680
It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Revelation!
- By wotsallthisthen on 04-07-24
By: George Orwell, and others
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Starter Villain
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10,436
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9,277
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9,271
Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place. Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan. Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie. But becoming a supervillain isn't all giant laser death rays and lava pits.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Volcanic Lairs, Death Rays & Cats… Oh My! 😼
- By C. White on 09-19-23
By: John Scalzi