Sea Swallow Me and Other Stories

<p>Ancient folklore and modern myth come together in these stories by author Craig Laurance Gidney. Here are found the struggles of a medieval Japanese monk seduced by a mischievous fairy and a young slave who finds mystery deep within the briar patch of an antebellum plantation. Gidney offers readers a gay teen obsessed with his patron saint Lena Horne and in the title story an ailing tourist seeking escape at a distant shore but never reckons on encountering an African sea god. Rich poetic dark and disturbing these are tales not soon forgotten. A finalist for the Lambda Literary Award.</p>