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On Desperate Seas

Book cover On Desperate Seas historical fantasy short story

It all started with Penelope.

Or perhaps Jane, for Jane’s letter sent Edgar on the first leg of his improbable journey.

The man Penelope wed in Edgar’s place lies at the bottom of the sea, her heart with him. Bedridden, she vomits sea water and slowly drowns. She needs her heart back. But Jane lost something else, something more than her heart.

“On Desperate Seas” follows a ship searching for the remains of the Sir John Franklin Expedition but finding something deadlier lurking beneath the Arctic Sea.

The eBook of this short story is in the following collections:

Tales from the Edges and Ends

Tales of Blood and Ink

Published: December 13, 2016

Available in: eBook (epub and mobi), Paperback

ISBNs:

eBook 978-1-946552-24-2

Paperback 978-1-946552-25-9

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