Maybe we are just fish with legs: A novella

By Nathaniel Faro Mellor

Desperate and alone, Leon puts an ad in a Paris newspaper. Leon is nearing the end of his 'trip of a lifetime', a bid for freedom that took him nearly two years of hard work to fund. Now that his money has almost run out, he's faced with an imminent return home, back to the suffocating control of his parents. Suffering an anxiety attack, Leon's breathing gets shallower and his heart rate increases even further when he begins to realize that not only is this trip over, but he might never get to do something like this again, and then, one day, he'll just die. Desperate and feeling alone, Leon puts an ad in a Paris newspaper. "I'm terrified of dying. Is there someone who can talk to me?" A week later, Leon meets Nicolas, a man who appears to know quite a bit about life and death. As the two of them explore the City of Light, Leon begins to understand, even befriend, his fear, and discovers that his teacher is not who he seems to be. Maybe We Are Just Fish With Legs explores the relationship between students and mentors, reality and magic, and death and impermanence. Nathaniel Mellor is a writer of magical realism, urban fantasy, and sometimes just plain old fiction. He's inspired by writers such as Paulo Coelho, Neil Gaiman, and Douglas Adams, as well as his real life travels around the world, usually while taking care of someone's pets.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1797871250
• ISBN13: 9781797871257
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.4" x 5.0"