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eBook Category: Dark Fantasy/Fantasy HOMer Award Nominee
eBook Description: A beautiful seaside resort is cursed by the occasional appearance of dead bodies washing up on the beach. The odd thing is, the bodies are always mobbed by seagulls and pecked beyond recognition. Who are they? Where are they coming from?

eBook Publisher: Fictionwise.com
Fictionwise Release Date: September 2000

127 Reader Ratings:

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Available eBook Formats [MultiFormat - What's this?]: eReader (PDB) [46 KB] , ePub (EPUB) [38 KB] , Rocket/REB1100 (RB) [32 KB] , Portable Document Format (PDF) [135 KB] , Palm Doc (PDB) [34 KB] , Microsoft Reader (LIT) [49 KB] , Franklin eBookMan (FUB) [103 KB] , hiebook (KML) [107 KB] , Sony Reader (LRF) [66 KB] , iSilo (PDB) [28 KB] , Mobipocket (PRC) [36 KB] , Kindle Compatible (MOBI) [63 KB] , OEBFF Format (IMP) [51 KB]
Words: 10776
Reading time: 30-43 min.
Microsoft Reader (LIT) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud ENABLED
Portable Document Format (PDF) Format:  Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud DISABLED
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This is a mystery/dark fantasy story -- or is it mystery/horror? You'll have to decide that, but I can tell you it's a fascinating mystery with both fantastic and horrific elements. The characters are vivid and dimensional, the plot tight and exciting, and the mystery complex. Dan Retsler, Chief of Police in Whale Rock, must wade through superstition, ancient local events, and bizarre occurrences to get to the solution of the dead bodies washing up on the beach -- who they are and how they died. Charles Bishop has problems of his own and when the two story lines merge it's a conclusion both anticipated and surprising. I love this story and recommend it to anyone who enjoys mysteries, dark fantasy, or horror. -Marcia Hanson, Fictionwise Recommender

"The Women Of Whale Rock" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch is a moody tale about the weakness of the flesh. Sirens from the deep prey on the men of a coastal town. The horror of the tale unfolds as one body after another washes up on the local beach. As the town sheriff slowly unravels the mystery, the depths of the subjugation of the sirens' victims emerges. And in the end we are asked, could we refuse the sirens' offer? -Jim Reichert, Tangent Online (Learn more about Tangent Online, the Internet's leading SF&F short fiction review website)