Melting noses, withering limbs—growing up the daughter of a necromancer prepares one for almost anything…except a voyage around the Horn on a vessel that feels as if it has been cobbled together expressly for this trip… Creaking decks, smoky furnaces, torn sails, violent weather, the S.S. Raven seems to be attracting bad luck. Could it…
Every day, Kalupiak hunts farther and farther from the underwater ice caves of the People. Hunting has grown increasingly dangerous with the melting of the ice and the arrival of new creatures—none more dangerous than the humans. Legends tell of earlier confrontations with the humans where they tried to kill the People. On…
A dangerous creature. A female scientist with something to prove. If she lives that long. Something dangerous lurks in Cambodia’s murky waters, destroying fishermen’s villages along the flooded shore. Jean Aubry, fledgling marine biologist, tries to solve the mystery, especially after she and her colleague find a lone, beautiful survivor of the most recent destruction….
When Ida got her wish to become a Sea Munky, she didn’t realize the greatest drought of all time was about to dry up the bodies of water she needed to survive. Now, in one of the last pools of water on Earth, she and her fellow aquatic creatures fight to survive an attack by…
A beautiful sunrise over the ocean west of Hawaii. A perfect morning for a skydive. An even better opportunity for murder. Eric Jarlsson plummets toward his death. His parachute sabotaged. Two thousand feet above an unforgiving sea. He couldn’t know a god’s net awaits him. “Skydiving to the Gods” a contemporary fantasy short story featuring…
In the spring of 1810, the death of his father – and discovery of an unknown uncle – sends fifteen year-old Samuel Harlowe from his simple life in England across the sea on a journey filled with dangers and wonders he never imagined. And when a kraken attacks his ship, Samuel must choose to whether…
Mountaineer and hunter, Wenton Sigh, stumbles upon a lost girl seeking her mother. But when he discovers her mother is the legendary water spirit Semūin, he becomes embroiled in the schemes of the gods. “Vale of Semūin” is in the Beneath the Waves collection. You can…