Fish Story [Kindle Edition]

Marva Dasef (Author)

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Product Description

When colonists on a new planet find they can't eat plants or animals, when they find an edible fish, it just might save them. But the new fish might be more than they can bite off and chew. Please see "Mixed Bag" and "Mixed Bag II". This story is contained in both anthologies.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 20 KB
• Publisher: Marva Dasef (February 16, 2011)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B004O6MRK2
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #672,596 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not your usual fish story!, February 21, 2011

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J. Chambers (Georgia, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fish Story (Kindle Edition)

I don't often buy single short stories for my Kindle, but having read author Marva Dasef's memorable "Tales of a Texas Boy," I expected to enjoy "Fish Story," and I did.

It's a nice story about a colony established on a planet of a sun located several light years from Earth. The colonists have done fairly well, since their adopted planet has plenty of flora, but for inexplicable reasons, there are no animals, and the animals brought with the colonists have all died. The colonists are getting enough protein from plants they grow, but they long for the taste of meat.

One day, one of the youths discovers that there are indeed animals on the planet. This discovery turns out to be a mixed blessing. The meat provided by the animals is a welcome change in the colonists' diet, but there are unexpected consequences.

To say anything else would be a spoiler, so you'll have read the story yourself to learn any more.

"Fish Story" would be a good entry in an anthology, or it could be the basis for a sci fi novel if the author chose to expand the story.

My Kindle edition of the story had a few minor typos and glitches, but nothing that affected my enjoyment of the story.