PREORDERS CLOSED: Mermaids and the Cursed Valley

PREORDERS ARE NOW CLOSED! CHECK BACK ON 11/29 TO ORDER ONLINE PICK UP THE BOOK IN PERSON AT THE MERMAIDS AND MISTLE TOE HOLIDAY MARKET ON 11/29 FROM 4-8 PM @ THE ORDINARY FELLOW WINERY.  Mermaids and the Cursed Valley LILY CAIN STUDIO X DARC MOON COLLABORATION Mermaids and the Cursed Valley is a lyrical journey through Colorado’s Western Slope, where myth and landscape intertwine. Through multimedia paintings, meditations, poetic prose, and local folklore, artists Lily Cain and Lynnea Tai reimagine the region’s rivers, mesas, and mountain towns as realms of merfolk—guardians of water, memory, and transformation. Each place—from the orchards of Paonia to the red cliffs of Fruita, the high mesas of Cedaredge to the ancient canyons of Cortez—reveals a distinct mermaid spirit. These are not creatures of faraway seas, but beings born of mountain snowmelt and desert springs, watching over rivers and valleys as keepers of story and soul. Threaded through the pages is the lingering legend of t