Just Beyond The Shore
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Last published Sat, Dec 31, 2022
She's breathing, water being the only thing that seeps in. Her lungs stretch under the pressure, yet the oxygen they desperately crave isn't forthcoming. A man watches from afar, his complexion extraordinary pale. The drowning woman's stubbornness keeps her from reaching out, knowing the figure within the depths isn't human. Receiving aid from a siren is a fate worse than death, and that is one route in life she absolutely refuses to take.
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The petite coastal town of Nuxlin barely reaches a population into the thousands.
Due to the passing of her parents, Nerissa Brinton returns for the summer, determined to sell the now empty family home. A string of accidental drownings with the potential of being the work of a serial killer, however, leaves the town in turmoil.
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