The Buried and the Drowned — J.F. Penn

Some things are not meant to be forgotten.An ancient timber circle emerges from a storm-lashed coast. A secret chamber is discovered beneath a Victorian zoo. A long-lost tomb of undead knights is unearthed beneath the streets of Paris.What happens when the buried and the drowned break free?The Buried and the Drowned is my collection of dark, thrilling short stories that will take you from the volcanic shores of Iceland to the silent depths of the Pacific, from the catacombs of history to the frontiers of genetic science. These stories explore the thin veil between our world and the next, between myth and reality, science and the supernatural.The collection contains the following short stories:The Black Church: When a crisis of faith drives a priest to an arctic retreat in Iceland's Black Church, he discovers that some places of worship weren't built to welcome the divine—but to keep something else contained.Between Two Breaths: A burned-out London coder discovers free-diving in New Zealand waters, but the deeper she goes, the harder it becomes to remember why she ever needed to surface.Beneath the Zoo: An architect unearths her father's monstrous experiments and a terrifying family secret buried deep beneath a derelict zoo.With a Demon's Eye: A war photographer's experimental surgery restores her sight, but now she sees things that make her question who the real monsters are.Soldiers of God: A librarian's research into Vatican archives leads him to a crypt beneath Paris where six knights wait for a very specific kind of resurrection.Blood, Sweat, and Flame: In the intense heat of the hot shop, a glassblower's ambition takes a sinister turn when she discovers the perfect, bloody ingredient for her winning masterpiece.The Dark Queen: Off the coast of Egypt, an underwater archaeologist disturbs a tomb that's been sealed underwater for millennia—and something stirs in the darkness.A Midwinter Sacrifice: A homeless musician's desperate night in Bath's Christmas market awakens something ancient beneath the cityDe-Extinction of the Nephilim: When an archaeologist sends a mysterious bone for DNA analysis, the military takes over the project—and begins breeding something the world was never meant to see again.Sins of Treachery: Twin brothers follow their grandfather's cryptic map to the Arctic, where they discover some family legacies come with a terrible price.Seahenge: When a violent storm reveals a perfect circle of ancient timbers on a Norfolk beach, archaeologists discover something impossible cradled in the roots at its center.