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    Pretty Pink Planet
    Pretty Pink Planet
    Pretty Pink Planet
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    Pretty Pink Planet

    By Joy V. Smith

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    Note: This story is a reprint; it was published most recently in the WomanScapes anthology in 2006; and there is a sequel, Hot Yellow Planet.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJoy V. Smith
    Release dateOct 3, 2011
    ISBN9781466168077
    Pretty Pink Planet
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    Joy V. Smith

    Joy V. Smith has been writing stories since she was a kid and made her own little books. Her stories and articles have been published in print magazines, webzines, and anthologies; and her SF has been published in two audiobooks, including Sugar Time. Her books include Strike Three, Sugar Time, Taboo Tech, Detour Trail, Building a Cool House for Hot Times without Scorching the Pocketbook, and a collection of her published short stories: The Doorway and Other Stories. Her ebooks include Hidebound, Velvet of Swords, Cold New Planet, Pretty Pink Planet, Hot Yellow Planet, and Remodeling: Buying and Updating a Foreclosure. She lives in Florida with Samwise Gamgee, a Chihuahua cross, and Pemberley, a tortoiseshell cat.

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      Pretty Pink Planet - Joy V. Smith

      Pretty Pink Planet

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      Joy V. Smith

      Copyright 1996 Joy V. Smith

      Cover design by Joy V. Smith

      Photo courtesy of NOAA

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      PRETTY PINK PLANET

      by Joy V. Smith

      Lori slipped out the side service entrance of The Pink Pearl while the rest of her tour group climbed cheerfully into two magenta mini-buses and floated gently off across the pink and lavendar

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