Performed by Bernadette Quigley

A high-school mermaid (who hides her tail under long skirts and whose hair comes equipped with nerve endings) falls for another oddball, the campus imp.

This story is included in the digital compilation "A Touch of Magic". Click here to buy!

“Drunken Mimi” by Aimee Bender. Copyright © 1998 by Aimee Bender. From The Girl in the Flammable Skirt by Aimee Bender (Anchor Books). Used by permission of Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Agency.

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