When Harwood is pulled beneath the waves by the cursed ship Merry Mermaid, he must face not only the monstrous Milady who rules the abyss, but the truth of what it means to love the sea. Interview Questions Did a real place or moment inspire part of your story? The real person who inspired this…
In P. D. Cacek’s “By Still Waters,” a son drives his aging father to a funeral—and straight into the dark heart of a secret that’s been drowning them both for decades. What begins as a quiet act of duty becomes something far more unsettling, as rain falls, memory shifts, and still water reveals what was…
In “The Wreck of the USS Hollander,” a deep-ocean recovery crew descends on a sunken Cold War submarine—and wakes something that’s been waiting in the dark. The past knocks from the torpedo room in patterns no one can explain, and the answer, when it comes, is more human than anyone expected. Interview Questions Did a…
In Annie Reed’s “The Code,” a ghostly enforcer bound to the ocean’s will haunts a dying seaside bar, waiting for a man who broke the oldest law of the sea. Some debts can’t be settled in coin—and the ocean never forgets.cannot be paid with coin, and every storm remembers the name of the thief. Killian…
In “Drip, Drip, Drip,” nine-year-old Tommy wakes to find his little brother standing alone in the dark kitchen, staring into the sink. Something is talking to him from the drain—something that’s been waiting in the pipes since long, long before the house was built. Interview Questions Did a real place or moment inspire part of…
In Steve Vernon’s “The Wind Witch of Weird Water Harbour,” a desperate sea captain makes a deal with a witch who sells the wind by the knot. But some debts cannot be paid with coin, and every storm remembers the name of the thief. When Captain Donny Parsons’ ship lies stranded in the breathless harbor,…
In “A Dismal Death,” Debbie Mumford blends wit, warmth, and ghostly mystery as a seer, her stubborn ancestor, and a dashing sheriff uncover murder and magic in a town where the dead won’t rest. Interview Questions Did a real place or moment inspire part of your story? My husband and I live in southwest Washington…
Sink Beneath the Surface Cursed artifacts. Haunted submarines. A lake that never gives back what it takes. Water remembers what the world forgets. Wade into the deep in Haunted Waters with fifteen tales that take you beneath the surface. Still waters run deep—and not everything submerged stays that way. Featuring stories by: Alicia Cay, Annie…
In “At Water’s Edge,” Rebecca M. Senese returns a grieving daughter to her family’s lakeside cottage—where the still water hides something ancient, hungry, and all too familiar. Gemma thought a quiet stay at the old cottage would bring peace after her father’s passing. But the reeds whisper, the lake watches, and something long-submerged remembers her…
In “Shadows in the Mirror,” Jason A. Adams sends a small-town sheriff to a family estate where mirrored halls and old grudges reflect more than just the past—and what waits behind the glass has been watching for a long time. Sheriff Larry Crabtree was hoping for a quiet Sunday with his hound and his girlfriend—but…
