The Sea, at Bari — Claude Lalumiere

Mario returns to Bari, Italy, where, as a child, he suffered a terrifying and transformative encounter with a sea monster. From Objects of Worship, this story is part of a “potent, memorable” (New York Review of Science Fiction) speculative fiction collection by Claude Lalumière.

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