Fictional

Nov 125 min read

[Fiction] Santee before the first of storms

By R. P. Singletary The gator submerged back into the muddy banks of the Santee , and I paddled my kayak east of the sand bars,...

Oct 151 min read

[Fiction] Hope

By Rutger Middelburg I have always loved the sea. Loved everything about it; from the peacefully reflective mirror, making the light of...

Sep 3024 min read

[Fiction] The Dark Watchers by Nik Xandir Wolf

The Dark Watchers by Nik Xandir Wolf "Once, on a white barren spur, he saw a black figure for a moment; but he looked quickly away, for...

Sep 172 min read

[Fiction] Alive, Alive-O

By Thomas Canfield The shells were fashioned from silver. They were visible to a depth of perhaps twenty meters. Beyond that, it...

Aug 209 min read

[Fiction] High Tide Chickens

By Gary Baney Sean pounded the three-foot metal stakes into the sand. The triple flute design was meant to stay in place under...

Aug 710 min read

[Fiction] Except from Eulogy for a Waterman by Patrick Moser

Intro This excerpt is based on my biography of George Freeth which came out with the University of Illinois Press in 2022: Surf and...

Jul 2311 min read

[Fiction] Beach Influence

By Liz Lydic Coming from Michigan, Janis thought she knew the beach. On the evening before her flight, while chatting on the phone, she...

Jul 123 min read

[Fiction] Leftover Effervescence

by Brenna Humphreys But, oh, the afterlife. How it teases and haunts, how it bleeds into this life. —Betsy Sholl, “Concerning the Soul”...

Jul 113 min read

[Fiction] P.E.

by Michael Scott Moore 1991 I can tell you how come we don’t ride to school with Schuyler and them in the morning anymore, but you have...

Jul 113 min read

[Fiction] Host

by Terence Young “Nobody’s home, Henry.” “You are.” “You want to see my parents, Henry, and they aren’t here right now. They’ve gone...

Jul 126 min read

[Fiction] Dry Drowning

by Amanda Nowlin Sammie, a real estate friend of my parents, is driving us around in her old white Cadillac big enough for a garden...

Jul 17 min read

[Fiction] Surfer’s End

by Kevin B Near the rock where tourists posed for photos, there was a spot where no one was meant to sit. Constance scaled the rock under...

Jul 110 min read

[Fiction] The La Calma

[Fiction] The La Calma by Andrew Eastwick For much of my eleventh year Mother and I lived in La Calma Inn. We never called it “The La...

Jul 117 min read

[Fiction] Night Surfer

by M. Golda Turner Surfers peel off wetsuits by their parked cars on a cliffside road. I carry my board toward them, knowing that these...

Jul 18 min read

[Fiction] Soundtrack

by Shannon Presby Jenna used to say she could hear the soundtrack of anyone’s life. I didn’t really believe her. She liked to make things...

May 285 min read

[Fiction] Dolphin Lovers

by Joanna Szeto Tiffany had thousands of dolphins in her room. She knows, she’s counted them. She had wall to wall posters of dolphins...

Apr 308 min read

[Fiction] The Abandoned Beach

By Kat Kovalevska Dana sat down on the curb outside the convenience store. She took out a cigarette and stared at it. She stopped smoking...

Apr 210 min read

[Fiction] Only in her Dreams

By Susan Delgado The distance between the two of them used to be 2,253 miles. Now, the distance is even greater. They had communicated...

Mar 515 min read

[Fiction] We Will Take It Slow Now

By Hunter Prichard Tracy bought them McDonald’s for a treat. Dutch had gotten a perfect score on his minute-math quiz and Beth was acting...

Feb 62 min read

[Fiction] Arrives in Santa Fe

By Viviane Vives She runs after the ugly truck he made beautiful, talks to trees, bathes in the rivers on the way. Just like he does....

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