by Clive Barker
First published 2017
Water becomes predator in this collection of thirty-nine dark tales. Swimmers hear siren calls from ocean depths. Dead faces appear in water droplets. Household pipes whisper threats. Fish turn rabid. Sea monsters rise from the deep. Each story transforms water from life giver to life taker. Writers like Peter Straub, Ramsey Campbell, and Dennis Etchison craft drownings both accidental and deliberate. Clive Barker contributes "Scapegoat" to the watery carnage. Characters face leviathan beasts and supernatural currents. Some stories unfold during midnight swims that become death traps. Others find horror in everyday showers and bathtubs. The collection spans oceans, rivers, and rain. Water serves as both accomplice and executioner across these tales of aquatic terror.
Genres: short-stories, horror, supernatural
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, suspenseful
Tropes: horror-anthology, supernatural-elements
Setting: Ocean, Rivers, Household
564 pages · Paperback · Independent Legions Publishing
Content warnings: death, violence