The Sea Gives Up the Dead: Stories

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DEBUT AUTHOR, MOLLY OLGUÍN brings us THE SEA GIVES UP THE DEAD, a collection of stories sprinkled into the soil of fairy tales, left to take root and grow wild there.

“A wunderkammer of beauty and sorrow.”- Carmen Maria Machado, author of In the Dream House

“Witty, witchy, darkly brilliant”–Andrea Barrett, author of Natural History and Ship Fever

“Fantastical, queer, wildly inventive stories.”–Austin Carter, Pocket Books Shop

A lovesick nanny slays a dragon. The devil tries to save her mother. A girl drowns and becomes a saint. Three kids plot to blow up their dad, a grieving mother sails the sea to find her son’s grave, a scientist brings a voice to life, and a mermaid falls into the power of a witch. Here, historical fiction, horror, and fantasy tangle together in a queer garden of love, grief, and longing.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Molly Olguín
Published: 04/29/2025
Publisher: Red Hen Press
ISBN: 9781636282718
Pages: 152
Weight: 0.41lbs
Size: 0.36″ H x 8.50″ L x 5.50″ W

About the Author

Molly Olguín is a queer writer, educator, and monster aficionado. She has stories in magazines like Quarterly West and the Normal School. She was the recipient of the Loft Mentor Series Fellowship in 2019. With Jackie Hedeman, she is the creator of the audio drama The Pasithea Powder. She teaches English and creative writing to high school students in Seattle, Washington.