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May the Sea Smother You

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By Nicholas Pullen

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On Sale
May 25, 2027
Page Count
272 pages
Publisher
Run For It
ISBN-13
9780316573085

Price

$9.99

Price

$12.99 CAD

Format

  1. Audiobook Download (Unabridged)
  2. Trade Paperback

Format:

  1. ebook $9.99 $12.99 CAD
  2. Audiobook Download (Unabridged) $31.99
  3. Trade Paperback $19.99 $25.99 CAD

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May the Sea Smother You is a haunting deep-sea horror perfect for fans of T. Kingfisher and Nick Cutter. 

“Utterly terrifying and deeply soulful.” – Thomas D. Lee, author of Perilous Times

Gary McLaughlin has been swimming in the deep end his whole life.

His small town is narrow-minded and oppressive, his father is in and out of prison, and his grandfather disappears for weeks at a time. But he’s found solace in the sea. Exploring ancient shipwrecks is the only thing that brings him peace. Then, on an important training dive, a shocking accident forces him out of the water and away from his hometown. 

Years later, a family tragedy drags him back. But something else has been waiting for his return. In the cold, still depths of Lake Superior, buried among the shipwrecks, something has called him home. It hungers. It hates. It will take its due. 

Praise for Nicholas Pullen’s The Black Hunger:

“A new dark classic. . . reveals its horrors inch by devastating inch.” – Molly O’Neill, author of Greenteeth

“Full of slow, creeping horror. . . a triumph.”  – Thomas D. Lee, author of Perilous Times

“Utterly original and thrillingly addictive.” – Jennifer Thorne, author of Diavola

“A terrifying journey to the place where the cruelest, hungriest creatures hide.” – Michael Rowe, author of Wild Fell

Genre:

  • Fiction Horror General

Nicholas Pullen is a graduate of Somerville College at Oxford University, where he received his BA in history, and holds an MA in history from McGill University. His short fiction has appeared in the Toronto Star, the Copperfield Review Quarterly, and Anti-Heroin Chic. By day he works for the Government of Canada, and by night he pens eldritch tales. He knows the names, locations, depths, and stories of every shipwreck in Georgian Bay, and most of the rest of the Great Lakes for that matter. He lives in the Yukon with his husband and their dog.
 


 

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Nicholas Pullen

About the Author

Nicholas Pullen is a graduate of Somerville College at Oxford University, where he received his BA in history, and holds an MA in history from McGill University. His short fiction has appeared in the Toronto Star, the Copperfield Review Quarterly, and Anti–Heroin Chic. By day he works for the Government of Canada, and by night he pens eldritch tales. He knows the names, locations, depths, and stories of every shipwreck in Georgian Bay, and most of the rest of the Great Lakes for that matter. He lives in the Yukon with his husband and their dog.
 


 

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