ARCs AVAILABLE NOW: OF STORM & SEA ANTHOLOGY!

 

Hey everyone! So it's been almost two years since I wrote the poem--and I'm beyond thrilled to finally share it with you all! Of Storm & Sea anthology will be published soon, and Grace A. Johnson/Sky's The Limit Press is looking for ARC readers! 

Click HERE to sign up. 

More about the anthology: 

* Roughly 110k words
*PG/PG-13 rating
*ARC signups close September 30th; you'll have a couple months to read the book!
*Perfect for folks looking for no-spice pirate-y reads!

Stories & Poems: 

The Song of the Vessel in Love with the Sea by Anna Huet

This haunting and romantic villanelle captures the beauty of a ship upon the sea.

A Sea of Stories by Norah Case

Pirate captain Cassia Lockheart rescues a baby and raises him as her own, hoping to put her old life behind her. But when the stories she tells her surrogate son threaten to become her reality again, Cassia finds herself trapped between who she was and who she is. As the sea beckons to her once again, the choice of listening to the story she tells about herself, or the story the Creator wants to tell about her, becomes the hinge upon which their world rests.

The Ghost Ship by Bree Pembrook

Podcaster Marina, her twin brother Caspian, and their photographer Florian, set off to find a mysterious “ghost ship” that has been a village legend for decades. But, in a strange twist of fate, they find themselves captured by the most unusual people, who seem to be straight out of a history book and are taken to an island just as old. Will they escape in time, or will they be doomed to the same fate as hundreds of others at the hands of the Triangle’s mysterious inhabitants?

To Follow His Plan by Michaela Bush

In this narrative poem, a young woman is guided through a storm by strange man she's dreamed about since she was a babe. He gives her an important message, but is it just another dream or something more?

Fate of the Glowblooded by Rose Everille

Laikal, a cabin boy aboard a dragon-hunting ship discovers he is a member of a race that has been hunted to extinction because of their ability to communicate with dragons. This puts him at odds with his crew, including his father, the captain.

Will he find acceptance and regain the love and trust of his father?

Weather the Storm by Emma Thrasher

On the day of her wedding, Anya’s fiancé is tasked by the king to find a new homeland after a mysterious force threatens their community’s survival. Anya, hurt by what she perceives as abandonment, struggles to learn what it means to truly love someone while simultaneously fighting for the survival of her homeland—but she soon learns that the monsters that threaten them may not be so different from Anya herself.

Sunset’s Watch by Lilly Tanis

Tanis captures the beauty of a cliffside sunset as lovers are reunited beneath the sun’s last rays.

My Coworker Met the Dragon King by Linyang Zhang

After Lu Fei’s coworker Ren Guang disappears into the sea, Lu Fei is left to face dreary, gray days at the company alone. His grandmother thinks Ren Guang has gone to see the Dragon King, but Lu Fei believes the white funeral flowers on Ren Guang’s desk say otherwise. One day, Lu Fei takes a misstep down by the shore, and finds himself swept into the waves, where he comes face to face with Ren Guang again. Can the two of them escape the Dragon King’s palace and find their way back home?

Once Upon a Stormy Sea by M.C. Kennedy

Mer-queen Karyna has spent the past twelve years avoiding marriage by requiring all her suitors to undergo a series of impossible trials. But when a storm washes a ship into the city's port, the captain requests to take the trials, and Karyna has no choice but to allow him. Her discomfort grows as he progresses with startling ease. Even more disconcerting is the captain’s companion—a merman who bears a striking resemblance to Karyna’s long-lost betrothed.

The Storm’s Surrender by Jessica B. Brown

A naval captain clings to hope against all odds in the midst of a dangerous storm in this gripping poem.

The Vitalis by Jennifer G. Satnic

In a seaside shipyard, a ship is born. The Vitalis, a ship built for exploration, quickly learns just how wide the world is as it sets out to sea for the first time. However, as the years pass by and the Vitalis finds itself in changing hands, it becomes aware of the harsh reality of that world. People rise and fall, yet the Vitalis ever persists, and it is forced to consider the question of where its meaning comes from.

And Neither Can Floods Drown It by Grace King-Matchett

A girl moves to a small Alabama town in the height of summer, expecting nothing but the Gulf coast and hot weather to comfort her. But then she meets Dal, a magnetic boy who promises ice cream, laughter, and friendship... and maybe something more. They find themselves drawn back to the shore again and again as that sweet something-more unfolds between them. What could it possibly take to tear them apart?

Shattered Shells by Molly McTernan

This allegorical poem follows Lafina, a lightkeeper’s daughter who sets out to make her dreams of adventure come true, even if it costs her relationship with her father.

Check it out ASAP! Are you excited to read it?