A novella.

When Jim’s big brother Jack is released from prison, the brothers – along with their broken father and Jack’s menacing best friend – decide to charter an ocean fishing boat to celebrate Jack’s new freedom.

Once the small crew is far out to sea, however, a mutant species rises from the deep abyssal darkness to terrorize the vessel and its occupants.

As the horror of their situation becomes clear, the small group must find a way to fend off the attack and somehow, someway, return to safety; but as the strange parasitic creatures overrun them, they must use more extreme – and deadly – measures to survive.

Published
May 12, 2017
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Philip Fracassi

Philip Fracassi's name might not yet be whispered alongside the giants of horror, but those who have dared to enter the dark and twisted worlds he crafts know that his work leaves a lasting impression. Fracassi’s writing isn’t just about fear—it’s about the way fear clings to the edges of the ordinary, distorting the familiar into something nightmarish. His stories tend to veer into unsettling, psychological terrain, where horror isn’t a matter of what’s seen, but of what’s felt. In his worlds, the scariest monsters are often the ones lurking within ourselves. Born and raised in the gritty streets of the Bay Area, Fracassi’s early exposure…