The Mermaid and the River Otter: A Fable

What would bring a platypus, an iguana, and a flamboyant flock of flamingoes to The Tidal Realm's counselors for advice?
Escape from your daily routine and travel to a coastal estuary where the semi-aquatic creatures of the world's supercontinent look to wise counselors, Corinna the mermaid and Tonino the river otter. Listen in as the counselors provide guidance concerning self-love, sharing, gossiping, compassion, and more. The lessons represented in this unusual story are age-old, yet still timely for every culture.

Complete The Fable Triad with The Elephant and the Dragon and The Dolphin and the Octopus.

Though each of the fables are separate tales with separate characters, they're meant to embody the same global time frame and can be read in any order. They begin almost identically, much like Kipling's Just So Stories, in order to set the tone and rhythm as complementary to the other two. But—worry not! Each fable offers its own unique account without following the same pattern throughout.

CS Simpson is a multi-genre writer of several short stories, some poetry, and a novel. Her work can be found in Shoreline of Infinity, the Pikes Peak Writers Anthologies, frontiertales.com, and her own self-published fables. When she's not writing, editing, or stressing about writing, she's either devouring other author's books or playing The Sims and watching movies while sipping Diet Coke. She also enjoys short hikes with her husband and dog under the Colorado skies she calls home.

Keep up with her writing journey at www.authorcssimpson.com