The Bottleneck

"The lighthouse's gaze swept over the rocks that lined the shore. The tiny island on which the tower stood was barren, save for a few scraggly patches of long grass. Across the choppy water was the mainland, only a few thousand yards away. It looked like a tempting challenge; surely one could easily swim the distance and arrive safely on the other side. Underneath the waves, though, lay a powerful undercurrent created by the bottleneck between the island and its neighbor. It would surprise none if the murky depths were home to a few dozen sharks, but the bottleneck was a place the sharks never strayed. No, something far more sinister lurked in that inlet."

The bottleneck is a lonely place to die.