I’m delighted to announce that a story of mine, ‘The Call of the Ocean,’ is today featured on the Burial Day website. Having recently announced three new entries to their incredible line-up of books, Burial Day also post short fiction stories once a month from established and up and coming authors. I’m ecstatic that they chose this one of mine to feature for the spookiest month of the year.
‘The Call of the Ocean’ is, thus far, a rarity for me in that it’s one of only two stories I’ve written which is set in Lisbon, where I live. I had a story published in late 2016, ‘Death Imitating Art,’ which won me a prize and rekindled my love of writing, but which is long since out of print. Besides that piece, while I’ve often used other places that my heavily travel-influenced life have taken me, Lisbon hasn’t really featured. I can’t tell you why that is, but I can tell you that I plan to correct it, once my novel WIP is out of the way.
My spot of Lisbon is the exact point where the Tejo river merges with the Atlantic ocean. I stare out at the water every single day of my life, while I have breakfast, while I work, etc. So, it’s natural I suppose that the ocean itself takes a central role in the story. Also featured are the sceneries of my childhood, when I spent seemingly endless summers on the Sussex coast, still one of my favourite parts of my former homeland.
The story is not for the faint hearted. I hope you enjoy it. Do let me know in the comments, or tweet me, @LisboetaIngles on Twitter.
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I read it, great story! The sound of waves stirring rocks around does sound like words sometimes.
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Thanks for checking it out, Priscilla! And so glad you enjoyed it. I love the sound of the waves, and the idea of the mind trying to find words and patterns in it is something I’ve thought of many times.
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