The Little Homo Sapiens Scientist by Huang S. L

Author:Huang, S. L. [Huang, S. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Gay, Fairy Tales, Fables, Horror, Speculative Fiction, SFF, Diversity, Subversive Fairy Tales, Little Mermaid, Retelling
Goodreads: 33368132
Publisher: Book Smugglers Publishing
Published: 2016-12-12T07:00:00+00:00

It’s time.

There’s nothing left for me here. I might die, but if I don’t—

I’ve spent my life learning about the atargati. If this fails, at least it will be a fitting end.

Even with all the money I have left, and everything Jace gave me, I could only come up with half Tanu’s fee. He narrowed his little avaricious eyes at me and said, “Well then. You’re the woman who talks to mermaids. Before you lose your voice, give it to me.”

Until that moment, I hadn’t realized he knew who I was. But of course—the magazine articles, and Tanu would have paid attention… I don’t know when he made the connection.

I’m lucky he didn’t call someone, turn me in, notice I was using a fake name and nose around to see why. But he’s only out for himself—if they’d offered a reward for me maybe it would be different.

So. He wants a dictionary. Words, phrases, grammatical examples. He wants as much of my voice as I can give him. He wants the tapes I was painstakingly recording for the Institute, all of them, every note of meaning and nuance, and more—whatever I can bring him, whatever more I can record.

But it’s a deal with the devil. How do I know what he’s going to use this for? How do I know he doesn’t have atargati trapped right now in a pressurized tank below his labs, his own personal lab animals awaiting dissection?

Language is powerful. What if I’m giving a mad scientist a weapon?

But I can’t seem to think clearly anymore. I’m hurtling toward this and it’s the only thing that matters.

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