Böcker av Ellen Mellor

Astronauts, ghosts, slackers, superheroes and transvestites.All these and more appear in this collection of short stories from Ellen Mellor, author of The Long Sleep and Down Among The Yla.These nine stories collect the best of her short fiction, showing the full range and diversity of her work. Also included in this collection are extracts from her two published novels and an exclusive extract of her forthcoming novel Ghostkin.

Once upon a time a baby was born to a King and a Queen. Everyone was happy to have a Prince and heir to the throne at long last.But they were wrong, the baby wasn't a Prince, she was a Princess. Cursed to have nobody believe her, the Princess grows up trying and failing to persuade everyone around her that she is a girl and not a boy. Until, one day, Edgar, the stuffed elephant toy that she was given as a baby suddenly starts to speak to her.The Princess and the Elephant is a sweet, fun and funny fairytale for children of all genders about about acceptance, belief and the importance of support and allyship.