Silas Knight

Mermaids of Venice Silas Knight

Bernard is a lonely man with a dead-end job and slight case of invisibility. He spends his time collecting words and engaging in petty thievery, but everything changes when a random visit to the doctor informs him that he has less than one month to live.  Scrambling to find a purpose to his existence before his clock runs out, Bernard embarks on an adventure of epic proportions. His journey intersects with Vida, a beautiful fire juggler who introduces him to a new world of vagabonds, street hustlers, and mermaids.   Every step brings Bernard closer to uncovering his hidden potential and mysterious past, while counting down his inevitable liason with Death. Mermaids of Venice is a polyamorous love story of magic and madness in a world of destitute gods, lesbian ghosts, and Venice sinking into the ocean.