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    Day of Joy: Esme Mullane Adventures, #0
    Day of Joy: Esme Mullane Adventures, #0
    Day of Joy: Esme Mullane Adventures, #0
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    Day of Joy: Esme Mullane Adventures, #0

    By Meyari McFarland

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    Cymbals clashed as drums made of old bowls, binds and a Saurid's belly sounded. Emse dodged past the musicians.

    A Day of Joy on the Final Oblivion. Not a bad thing though Esme preferred the days where it was food everywhere over music.

    Still, good to have a day off work on this alien space station so far from Earth.

    Then Esme's girlfriend gave her a problem to solve and Esme's day improved.


    Any day when she got to ask questions, solve problems and make her girlfriend happy was a good day.

    As long as she could find a solution to the problem…

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMeyari McFarland
    Release dateNov 15, 2018
    ISBN9781540172488
    Day of Joy: Esme Mullane Adventures, #0
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    Meyari McFarland

    Meyari McFarland has been telling stories since she was a small child. Her stories range from SF and Fantasy adventures to Romances but they always feature strong characters who do what they think is right no matter what gets in their way. Her series range from Space Opera Romance in the Drath series to Epic Fantasy in the Mages of Tindiere world. Other series include Matriarchies of Muirin, the Clockwork Rift Steampunk mysteries, and the Tales of Unification urban fantasy stories, plus many more. You can find all of her work on MDR Publishing's website at www.MDR-Publishing.com.

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      Book preview

      Day of Joy - Meyari McFarland

      Day of Joy

      Day of Joy

      An Esme Mullane SF Short Story

      Meyari McFarland

      MDR Publishing

      Cover of Joining of Lines showing an attractive black man staring into the camera against a star-filled background.

      Clash of Lines, first novel in the Drath SF Romance Series, is free now on all major sites. SF, queer characters and adventure wrapped up in one delightful package. In addition, you can get a Free copy of the sequel Joining of Lines (as well as other free stories) by signing up for my mailing list: www.MDR-Publishing.com!

      Duty defined Jing Althus' life.

      Duty to Nthanda, his cousin. To the Ceelen who expected him to lead if Nthanda fell.

      Someone had targeted the Ceelen for destruction.

      Only one person could help Jing discover them: Iman Hogarth, conman, genius and the most beautiful man Jing had ever met.

      If Iman would help.

      Jing's only hope was to convince Iman that he was worth risking Iman's life.

      Contents

      Day of Joy

      Other SF Romance Novels by Meyari McFarland:

      Author’s Note: Clash of Lines

      1. Chance Encounter

      2. Battle Worthy

      Afterword

      Special Offer

      Author Bio

      Other SF Romance Novels by Meyari McFarland:

      A Clash of Lines

      Joining of Lines

      Consort of the Crystal Palace

      Fragments of a Chain

      Stranded With You

      Reunited Hearts

      A Simple Life

      You can find these and many other books at www.MDR-Publishing.com. We are a small independent publisher focusing on LGBT content. Please sign up for our mailing list to get regular updates on the latest preorders and new releases and a free ebook!

      Copyright ©2017 by Mary Raichle

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      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

      Requests for permission to make copies of any part of the work should be emailed to publisher@mdr-publishing.com.

      This book is also available in TPB format from all major retailers.

      Created with Vellum Created with Vellum

      This story is dedicated to Kristine Kathryn Rusch.

      Day of Joy

      Cymbals clashed as drums made of old bowls, bins and a Saurid's belly sounded. The beat varied between frenetic and so slow that it temped Esme to curl up and fall asleep. The music bounced off the floor and ceiling, off the walls of the habitats closes to the social area. Esme still wasn't sure why the Final Oblivion , stupid name for a space station, was designed like this.

      Big open meeting areas but overstuffed with plants and fountains except in very select places. Lots of shiny silver and chrome support struts around the edges of the Void at the center of the station but no goddamned railings to keep people from falling off. Sure, sure, the antigravity system would keep you from going splat. It turned gravity into pretzels along the struts and edges of the thousand and one platforms.

      Still creepy as hell having all that open space and nothing at all to keep you from falling right into it.

      Esme turned away from the Void, determined, as always, to ignore it. Better off just pretending it wasn't there. Besides, there were way better things to focus on than the stupid design of the Final Oblivion.

      Like the Day of Joy going on around her. There were flute-like things off in the t'Saoir's tentacles that they used to sing along with the Nikiphoros hanging from the ceiling. While the Nikiphoros looked like anthropomorphic bats, the t'Saoir were stout little purple penguins with eyestalks and tentacles.

      Who were playing music with singing bats the size of a human. Damn but aliens were weird. A good weird, granted, but still

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