In the Sea-Cave
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I'm trapped in the Sea-Cave. Its cold and uncomfortable. I'm so very lonely.
Or I would be, if it weren't for the Mermaid outside. I think she wants to eat me.
And I think I want to let her.
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In the Sea-Cave is a 12,000 word short, surreal, body-horror story about hunger, isolation and weird bodily transformations.
Content Warning: This story contains gore, self-mutilation, suicidal thoughts, bodily harm, detailed depictions of grotesque transformations and isolation. Recommended only for Mature Readers.
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Hello! I found this story from a trans writers book drop on Bluesky and am interested in reading. By any chance do you have a .epub version of the story? Asking because I would like to read it on my smartphone and I find stories in general easier to read in .epub form. Thank you in advance!
I am working on getting around to it! :)
ok thank you! Please keep me posted
Hi, EPUB version is up and avaliable!
Yay thank you! I can’t promise when I’ll get to reading but I’ll download and bookmark it on my phone.
EDIT: OK I test it, it is working on my phone!
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HOLY FUCK!!! I read the whole way through tonight (because I’m making it a habit to read more) and I was genuinely jawdropped. Like, I’m being serious about this: this was beautifully disgusting in a genuinely good way. It’s a mystery the whole way through giving me mixed feelings (in a good way)—like, is this torture or is this survival training? Is this death or life? As in, is the mermaid is trying to teach the protagonist the power of the desire to live and then proceeding to truly allow them to live by turning them into a mermaid!? Honestly this story also gives me the lesson of “never kill yourself,” and I know that sounds ridiculous, but I am serious! The really uncomfortable descriptions of the pain and sensations also sucked me into this, how the protagonist went from fear and pain to relief despite the “human reality” (I’ll call it that) that they’re dying painfully. This was fucked up and beautiful at the same time. Thank you for writing it and thank you for sharing it in the book drop.