The Street, by H.P. Lovecraft. This short story was written in 1919, and was first published in the December 1920 issue (No. 8) of the amateur journal The Wolverine.

A port city where fishing for yourself is punishable by death and the local church drowns people twice a year may not sound like home. But it is for Vive, her mothers, and her friends. Until it is threatened by the very forces that birthed it, that is. Can a sandcastle win against the rising tide ? And more importantly, should it ?