May the Sea Smother You

'THE FINEST QUEER HORROR NOVEL I'VE EVER READ - UTTERLY TERRIFYING AND DEEPLY SOULFUL' Thomas D. LeeIn the cold, still depths of Lake Superior, it waits. It hungers. It hates.Gary McLaughlin has spent his whole life fighting to stay above water. His decaying hometown is oppressive, his father is in and out of prison, and his grandfather vanishes for weeks at a time. His explorations of the local lakes and their silent shipwrecks are his only source of peace - until a terrifying encounter with the malevolent things that lurk beneath the water sends him fleeing from home. Years later, Gary and his partner Tim have built a life for themselves in the big city, far from his narrow-minded hometown town and its rotting shipwrecks. But when tragedy forces Gary to return, he finds that neither the town, nor the lake, nor the dark things that lurk in its shadowy depths, have forgotten him.The water has called him home, and it will take its due.May the Sea Smother You is a haunting blend of underwater horror and queer romance, perfect for fans of The Deep and From Below. Praise for Nicholas Pullen's The Black Hunger:'A new dark classic. . . reveals its horrors inch by devastating inch' Molly O'Neill, author of Greenteeth'Full of slow, creeping horror. . . a triumph' Thomas D. Lee, author of Perilous Times'Utterly original and thrillingly addictive' Jennifer Thorne, author of Diavola'A terrifying journey to the place where the cruellest, hungriest creatures hide' Michael Rowe, author of Wild Fell