"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."

― Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

#MM – Mermaid Monday: Susan and the Mermaid

Surprise post on my Patreon today: are you familiar with the short story “Susan and the Mermaid” by Pamela Colman Smith?
It was printed in the December 1912 issue of The Delineator magazine. You can read it over there.
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