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    Eels for Heels
    Eels for Heels
    Eels for Heels
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    Eels for Heels

    By Sarina Dorie

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    “Eels for Heels,” is about a woman who has been cursed with eel feet by a sea witch. Only if Kerstin can change her vain and shallow ways and find true love before turning thirty, her curse will be lifted. One of those in itself would be a challenge for Kerstin, but both?

    This urban fantasy romance is about 6000 words. It was originally published in Roar.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSarina Dorie
    Release dateApr 13, 2015
    ISBN9781311653567
    Eels for Heels
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    Sarina Dorie

    As a child, Sarina Dorie dreamed of being an astronaut/archeologist/fashion designer/illustrator/writer. Later in life, after realizing this might be an unrealistic goal, Sarina went to the Pacific NW College of Art where she earned a degree in illustration. After realizing this might also be an unrealistic goal, she went to Portland State University for a master’s in education to pursue the equally cut-throat career of teaching art in the public school system. After years of dedication to art and writing, most of Sarina’s dreams have come true; in addition to teaching, she is a writer/artist/ fashion designer/ belly dancer. She has shown her art internationally, sold art to Shimmer Magazine for an interior illustration, and another piece is on the April 2011 cover of Bards and Sages. Sarina’s novel, Silent Moon, won second place in the Duel on the Delta Contest, hosted by River City RWA and the Golden Rose contest hosted by Rose City Romance Writers. Silent Moon won third place in the Winter Rose Contest hosted by the Yellow Rose RWA and third place in Ignite the Flame Contest hosted by Central Ohio Fiction Writers. Now, if only Jack Sparrow asks her to marry him, all her dreams will come true. www.sarinadorie.com You can find more of Sarina Dorie’s work online at the following webzines: “Zombie Psychology,” Untied Shoelaces of the Mind http://www.untiedshoelacesofthemind.com/Issue5/psych.php “Losing One’s Appetite,” Daily Science Fiction http://dailysciencefiction.com/fantasy/Monsters/sarina-dorie/losing-ones-appetite “Worse Than a Devil,” Crossed Genres http://crossedgenres.com/archives/035-dark-comedy/worse-than-a-devil-by-sarina-dorie/ “A Ghost’s Guide to Haunting Humans,” Whidbey Student Choice award http://whidbeystudents.com/2011/03/01/new-for-march/ The following stories are soon to be released, “That Stupid Dragon Rider” to the ROAR 5 Anthology, “Greener on the Other Side” to Allasso and Blackboard Galaxy to Untied Shoelaces of the Mind.

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      Eels for Heels - Sarina Dorie

      Copyright 2014 Sarina Dorie

      Smashwords Edition

      Cover Art by Sarina Dorie

      Originally Published in Roar

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      Eels for Heels

      By Sarina Dorie

      Just doing my job. No need to thank me for rescuing you, Mervin said, salty spray splashing all around us. Even if this is the third time, Kerstin.

      Mervin was not the kind of merman that a girl throws herself off a cliff to be rescued by. He was potbellied, middle-aged and had thinning, blond hair.

      Mervin held a firm arm around my waist as he swam through the less choppy waters toward the shore.

      What happened to that other merman, the handsome one with silver hair? I shouted over the rush of waves. It would have been nice if he’d been the lifeguard on duty.

      It’s his wife’s birthday. Mervin’s smile was smug.

      What about the one with blue hair? Now he was a real catch.

      He only works on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. But anyway . . . you’re not exactly his type.

      What does that mean? Are you saying I’m too human? Or is it my feet? I have blond hair and blue eyes just like my mermaid grandmother—though my hair color comes from a bottle. I lack the tail of a full-blooded mermaid, but I do have, well,

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