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Dark Waters

By Rhonda Parrish & Rose Chisnall &
Dark Waters by Rhonda Parrish & Rose Chisnall &  digital book - Fable

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Water doesn't need to be deep to be dark.

A remote mountain lake where the locals wear iron anklets for protection, a ghost ship, a goddess, a pearl diver who finds much more than she's looking for, the true story about a familiar fairy tale and more all lurk within these pages.

Featuring dark fantasy and horror by Chris Black, Rob E. Boley, Rose Chisnall, Megan M. Davies-Ostrom, Sharmon Gazaway, Rowena McGowan, Derek Newman-Stille, Thomas Vaughn and Lex Vranick, Dark Waters explores the darker side of water and the creatures that inhabit it. The horrors both above and below.

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“With such a variety of tones, atmospheres, and genres, there will be something for everyone to enjoy in this collection of stories about the darker things that live in water. Overall, this was an easy read to dip in and out of at my leisure. A few of my particular favourites, omitting any spoilers, since the element of surprise is wonderfully strong in a lot of these : I love, love, loved Megan M. Davies-Ostrom's 'Jenny', which dove in with an immediately excellent narrative voice and contains my very fave conceit, a story told within the telling of a story. Terrific descriptions and phrasing. I would absolutely seek out more work by this author and would like this narrator to tell me tales all day, though preferably in a location of my choosing. I also adored Lex Vranick's skin-crawlingly visceral 'The Body', which somehow managed to evoke some of the nastier gore in this anthology with the most heart-warmingly believable character relationships. They also hit the sweet-spot of a blend between present experiences and memory, so that a ton of story was packed in while maintaining urgency and interest. Another author I'd be thrilled to read more from. I'll also give a shout-out to the opening piece, Rose Chisnall's 'Siren Song', which felt almost like the prose version of ancient epic poetry. Terrific start to the anthology, sad and powerful with beautifully lush descriptions throughout. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.”

Rose Chisnall

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Megan M. Davies-Ostrom

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Thomas Vaughn

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