Last of the Spice Schooners by Philip Brian Hall

A rotting ship reeking of death moors at Pool of London, the crew fallen victim to a mermaid. Vic Mullin reads. Author: Born in Yorkshire, Oxford graduate Philip Brian Hall is a former diplomat and teacher. Outside work, he has stood for parliament, sung solos in amateur operettas, rowed at Henley Royal Regatta, completed a 40 mile cross-country walk in under 12 hours and ridden in over one hundred horse-races over fences. He lives on a very small farm in Scotland with his wife, a dog, a cat and some horses. Writing mainly in speculative genres, Philip has had short stories published by AE The Canadian Science Fiction Review, T Gene Davis’s Speculative Blog, The Sockdolager, Flame Tree Publishing and Third Flatiron Publishing, as well as the ‘Up and Coming’ anthology of authors eligible for the Campbell Award 2016. His novel, ‘The Prophets of Baal’ is available as an e-book and in paperback. Reader: Vic Mullins is a landlubber and a long time favorite narrator from our old format. You can follow his outspoken antics on his youTube channel, Vaping with Vic. Theme music: Ashes Ashes by DeVM Osgoode’s Chorus: Walking Along by Kevin MacLeod incompetech.com Released under a Creative Commons 4.0 attribution noncommercial no-derivatives license. Ship’s Cook: Kris Law Bo’sun: Kevin Frost Skylarking aloft: Andrew McCurdy, Jed Dagger Outro: Super Suz