Summer Of The Blue Tide

 So you know that game Six Degrees Of Kevin Bacon? Where you name an actor and try to link them to Kevin Bacon in six movies and TV shows or less based on who they have worked with?

With the publication of Summer Of The Blue Tide, available in Bioluminescent, I officially have a Bacon Number of 3.

In Bioluminescent, I am sharing a table of contents with Neil Gaiman. Yes, that Neil Gaiman. Lucifer, American Gods, Good Omens.

He also wrote Coraline, which starred Dakota Fanning, who was in Trapped with Kevin Bacon.

Anyway. About the story.

Set in a futuristic Martha's Vineyard, three young adults have inherited a problem: the bioluminescent blue waves that fuel the summer tourist economy might be putting the entire ecosystem at risk of collapse. Can they find a solution in which the ocean and the tourism can both thrive?

Or: what if the shark and the economy were victims of each other in Jaws?

Recommended listening for this story:

"Toxic," Britney Spears

"Only Wanna Be With You," Hootie And The Blowfish

"I Hope You Dance," Lee Ann Womack

Don't Look Down

 This is one of those stories I didn't think was going to be about something important. I just wanted to write a fun story involving some weird folklore things. Instead, it's… much more.

Don't Look Down started with me wanting to write about atmospheric beasts. That led to Star jelly. And then somehow the Talking Heads song And She Was became involved.

It was supposed to be about an autistic girl going on a little adventure in the sky. It became a story about an abused autistic girl living in a group home where she is safe for the first time, and running away into the sky because it doesn't feel real. It feels like she's a cartoon character walking off the edge of a cliff, believing everything is fine, until she looks down and falls.

"Don't Look Down" is available now at Kaleidotrope.