Carrigee takes on Peggy Wheeler’s The Splendid and Extraordinary Life of Beautimus Potamus

IRVING, Texas - Jan. 6, 2016 - PRLog -- Loiacono Literary Agency’s Melissa Carrigee takes on Peggy Wheeler’s fantastical story of ‘other-than-human’ proportions, The Splendid and Extraordinary Life of Beautimus Potamus: A Fable for Grownups!

The most unlikely team of Beautimus, a middle-aged hippopotamus, and her side-kick,

Samuel, the younger praying mantis, solve riddles, bring a murderer to justice, save lives,
recover a stolen magic object, and help end a bloody war while undergoing their own trials,
triumphs, romances, and tragedies. For problem solving, Beautimus employs an oracle of her
own making, The Anam Glyphs—the very one she has written a book about—as one might Tarot or Rune Stones.

Their adventures and situations parody Earth culture, and address issues that plague modern humanity, which reaches a climax in a violent conflict that threatens to turn their district,
Wayflower, into a wasteland.

Lady Beautimus’ story is a magical fable-stew made with the ingredients of comedy, political-social lampoon, drama, and mystery with a generous pinch of romantic flavoring thrown into the pot for good measure.

Peggy Wheeler aka Peggy A. Wheeler aka Peggy Dembicer’s non-fiction articles have appeared in several Colorado and California publications. Her poetry appears in a number of small press magazines and women’s anthologies. She recently contributed a story to the anthology Women Writing the Weird II: Dreadful Daughters (Dog Horn Publishing) and The Raven’s Daughter is due for release in 2016 (Dragon Moon Press), and was a top ten finalist in the 2014 CCC Great Novel contest.

Wheeler has a B.A. in English Literature is from U.C.L.A. and an M.A. in Creative Writing from
California State University at Northridge. While attending U.C.L.A., she was chosen to study with Robert Pinsky, former Poet Laureate of the United States, winning first prize awards for two poems from Evergreen Women’s Press’ nationwide poetry contest. Her poetry received honorable mentions from the Los Angeles Poetry Festival and The Academy of American Poets. “Du Fu” was nominated for a Rhysling award for Best Science Fiction Poem. She heads adult poetry and fiction writing critique groups and workshops in both Colorado and California, and is also the editor of the online literary magazine, Straitjackets. www.straitjacketsmagazine.com  http://peggyawheeler.com Twitter @PeggyAWheeler  Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Peggy.wheeler Represented by Melissa Carrigee, Loiacono Literary Agency www.loiaconoliteraryagency.com