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