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"The Mortzestus was rumored to be haunted and sure enough, after two weeks out of port the rigging went slack, a ghostly form arose from the sea, and a dense mist descended around the ship. The desperate crew's chilling fate is recounted in this compulsive page-turner by a master of seafaring yarns"--
2) Jaws
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It's out there in the water--waiting. Nature's most fearsome predator. It fears nothing. It attacks anything. It devours everything. And the seaside community of Amity is at its mercy.
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'It was unnecessary for all to perish, when, by the death of one, it was possible, and even probable, that the rest might be finally preserved.'
Travelling aboard a whaling vessel, a young stowaway is swept up in myriad misadventures - mutiny, shipwreck, cannibalism - narrowly escaping numerous brushes with death. This rousing story of a daring sea voyage also presents its antihero with a host of psychological dilemmas, and offers an important insight...
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IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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Jason tries to follow his grandpa's example and treat the sea with respect, but he is unable to stop his friends' father from trying to hunt an endangered dolphin who unbeknownst to them is protected by the Kraken!
6) Dagon
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"Dagon" is a 1917 short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft. One of the first stories he wrote as an adult, it centres around the recollection of a tortured, morphine-addicted narrator who was captured by a German ship during World War I. After escaping his captors, he drifted for many miles before winding up stranded in a hellish place littered with rotting carcasses and home to an ancient horror. A chilling tale by a master story-teller, "Dagon"...
7) Devour
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"Deep beneath the ice of the Arctic Circle, something has awakened. A primordial creature frozen in time, it is the oldest, largest, most efficient predator that nature has ever produced ... Thirty-five miles off the Massachussetts coast, a small research ship is attacked. All but one of its crew is killed by the massive serpentine horror that rises from the sea ... Responding to a distress signal, fishing-boat captain Brian Hawkins arrives in time...
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Sept histoires de mer sinistres qui vous feront vraiment flipper.
Environ soixante-quinze de la planète sont recouvertes d'eau, et quatre-vingt-dix-sept se trouvent dans la mer. Les habitants de provinces maritimes vous diront que c'est une histoire pour chaque vague qui s'est jamais échoué sur le rivage.
Ici sont sept d'entre eux.
«Dans l'Obscurité et les Profondeurs», offre un récit très obsédant du devoir de convoi de la Seconde Guerre...
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Es 1914, y el miedo y la paranoia gobiernan en alta mar.
Iain Cosgrove está recién casado con Jennifer Manson, hija de un rico comerciante escocés. Pero Iain pronto debe partir para un viaje de investigación a bordo del Lady Balgay, el último de la antigua flota de cazadores de focas de Dundee. Impulsado por el ron y los cuentos de John Pratt, la tripulación se obsesiona con las antiguas supersticiones; los que Iain descarta casualmente como...
10) Cuentos Marinos
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Seamos sinceros.
Alrededor del setenta y cinco por ciento del mundo está cubierto de agua, y de esa agua, casi el noventa y siete por ciento se puede encontrar en el mar. Los maritimers le dirán que hay una historia para cada ola que se haya lavado en la costa.
Aquí hay siete de ellos.
La primera historia, En lo oscuro, en lo profundo ofrece un hilo muy inquietante del deber de convoy de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y un marinero que hizo y mantuvo...
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Dark Echo is an unlucky boat. Despite this knowledge, Martin Stannard falls under her spell and prepares to sail her across the Atlantic with his wealthy father. But, his lover Suzanne begins exploring the yacht's past. What she finds is terrifying.
Because this boat isn't just unlucky, it's evil. It was built for Henry Spalding, a soldier and sorcerer who committed suicide yet still casts his malevolent spell nearly a century after his death. Suzanne...
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Prepare to set sail on a spine-chilling journey through the treacherous waters of ghost ship horror. In "Phantom Vessels: Tales of Haunted Ships," readers will encounter a variety of vessels, from luxury liners to whaling ships, all cursed by the malevolent forces that haunt them. These stories will keep readers on the edge of their seats as they encounter vengeful spirits, haunted crew members, and terrifying monsters that lurk beneath the waves....
13) The She
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IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 13
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After his parents are lost at sea, Evan Barrett and his older brother leave their seaside home in West Hook to escape bad memories, but years later even worse questions emerge when Evan is asked to help a fellow student deal with another sea-related tragedy.
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The Mystery of the Sea (1902) is a novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. Combining occult elements with historical events involving the Spanish-American War and the 1588 defeat of the Spanish Armada, The Mystery of the Sea is an informed mystery and political thriller that helped to establish the Irish master of Gothic horror's reputation as a leading writer of the early-twentieth century.
On his first trip to Cruden Bay, a seaside village near Aberdeen,...
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When their last summer vacation together turns into a night of terror one group of friends will discover that the ocean hides ancient horrors...Scott thought he'd lucked out when his father agreed to pay for him and his friend's trip to the Bahamas until he realized that it came with a heavy price. At the end of it, he'll have to work for his father's firm. Whether he wants to or not.
So, this is his last chance to party it up and confess his feelings...
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This is a story set in war-torn Okinawa, back in the final days of the Pacific Campaign of World War 2.
It is told from the point of view of a young Kamikaze pilot preparing to fly his fighter plane into the side of an American battleship.
It is a story of guilt, loneliness, memory and the taste of the sea.
Oh, and there's a sea monster as well.
I expect I ought to mention that...
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"Blood in the Water: Tales of Shark Attack Horror" is a spine-tingling collection of short stories that will have you on the edge of your seat. With a razor-sharp focus on the ocean's most fearsome predator, each story takes you on a journey through the dark and treacherous waters where sharks rule supreme. From deep-sea divers to beachgoers, surfers to fishermen, no one is safe from the jaws of death in these gripping tales of terror. In this collection,...
18) The Living Sand
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What has followed them home? This short story is about two boys who discover a hidden beach and the evil deadly secrets that lie within its soft white grains of sand. Bonus Short Story: Devil at the Wheel A Joyride in a Chevy Chevelle. The car was just sitting there for the taking. What could possibly go wrong? Vinnie and Mike are about to find out what can and will go wrong once they turn the key.
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The first anthology from Horns and Rattles Press, Fish Gather to Listen is a collection of short horror, each with the common theme of water. They lurk. They drown. They watch. What swims beneath the surface? Combining both flash fiction and short stories, the collection has a range from starfish to merfolk. From sharks to coral. Themes of grief and hunger. What draws you to the sea? What pulls you under?
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What waits for you in the water's darkness? Something beautiful, something deadly - or perhaps both? And what happens when those unknown horrors rise to the surface?With Sand, Salt, Blood, editor Elle Turpitt has brought together twenty short stories & poems which explore the mysterious depths of the ocean and what lurks beneath the waves. From warrior witches to disastrous cruises, intimidating theme park rides to shipwrecks, sharks, sirens and more,...
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