I dive deeper than normal because the reef is so pretty. Fish of all colors swim around me—blue, green, and yellow. I spy an opening in the rock beneath the coral. My curiosity gets the better of me. As I get closer, I see that it’s big enough to swim through, so I do. When…
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Throwback Thursday | An UNDERWATER Excerpt: “Ferryman” by Val Prozorova
I was nineteen the first time I died. It happened entirely by accident; I had never kayaked in the sea before, too used to the smooth and still waters of the New Zealand lakes, and the waves overbalanced me. Upside down in the water, two thoughts circled first, the rope meant to hold me certainly…
Throwback Thursday | An UNDERWATER Excerpt: “Sylvia’s Ashes” by Shannon Rose Leahy
He stood on the shore, the full moon’s light shattering into pearl fragments on the ocean’s black face. Sylvia, his darling wife—where in the vast waters had her ashes drifted? Three years had passed since the small and huddled service at the end of the rickety pier, a tinny rendition of “The Saints Go Marching…
Throwback Thursday | An UNDERWATER Excerpt: “Mischa and the Mermaid” by Adrik Kemp
Mischa knelt beside the rock pool, staring through the reflecting sky on the surface to the microcosm of underwater activity beneath. A crab’s claws gleamed in the darkness of a crevasse and tendrils of anemone floated around, capturing tiny fish that Mischa could barely see. He leaned in a little closer and planted his hands…
Throwback Thursday | An UNDERWATER Excerpt: “Diluvium” by Anthony S. Buoni
“How deep is it?” “Here it’s about…seventeen—maybe twenty feet. As we get closer to Canal Street, that number decreases. New Orleans is…was shaped like a cereal bowel. The Vieux Carré was built on the high ground before the levee system, better protecting the French Quarter from floodwaters. Problem is the city is constantly sinking, even…
Throwback Thursday | An UNDERWATER Excerpt: “Beached” by M . Howard
Sal woke up to the raucous “hellos” of his pet raven, Ruben, which meant that the tide was out and that it was time to make the rounds. It was a bit cool, but not cool enough to induce him to put on anything over the singlet and boxer shorts he’d worn to bed. He…
Throwback Thursday | An UNDERWATER Excerpt: “Baiting the Hook” by R. Judas Brown
When the catch dries up, you move upstream, inland through the rivers and creeks, until you find fresher waters. Teddy guided his flat-bottomed boat through the shallow channel, checking his juglines and limblines. A couple sets of tags under his and family members’ names let him run as many lines as he wanted. State limits…
Back to School Anthology Sale!
We’re celebrating the season of back to school by putting our anthologies on sale! Whether you’ve already started back to classes or are about to, we have collections to consume in one go and those that can last the semester! Both of our BIG anthologies—we’re talking 60+ stories—are a special $5 off the print editions!…
Throwback Thursday | An UNDERWATER Excerpt: “Happiness Shoal” by Gregory L. Norris
The man pressed forward through the rain. Happiness radiated in his eyes, a rich green the color of emerald gemstones on that moody gray morning, and his lips, the lower slightly plumper than its twin on top, a crooked smile beaming from the prickle of a new, unintentional beard. The wind gusted, stirring the ocean’s…
Throwback Thursday | An UNDERWATER Excerpt: “Fossegrimmen” by Megan McFerren
Kjell knows better than to go near the falls. So do the sheep, for that matter. This doesn’t stop them, of course, not when the sweetest grasses grow so close to the water—a tasty temptation even in a wide field free for the eating, bordered only distantly by trees and Kjell’s little wooden home. His…
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