The Sea Change & Other Stories
Cover image by Jason Zerrillo.
"Till human voices wake us, and we drown." — T.S. Eliot
In her first collection, award-winning author Helen Grant plumbs the depths of the uncanny: Ten fathoms down, where the light filtering through the salt water turns everything grey-green, something awaits unwary divers. A self-aggrandising art critic travelling in rural Slovakia finds love with a beauty half his age — and pays the price. In a small German town, a nocturnal visitor preys upon children; there is a way to keep it off — but the ritual must be perfect. A rock climber dares to scale a local crag with a diabolical reputation, and makes a shocking discovery at the top. In each of these seven tales, unpleasantries and grotesqueries abound — and Grant reminds us with each one that there can be fates even worse than death.
Contents:
- Grauer Hans
- The Sea Change
- The Game of Bear
- Self Catering
- Nathair Dhubh
- Alberic de Mauléon
- The Calvary at Banská Bystrica
- Story Notes
- Acknowledgments
