The Devil and the Deep: Horror Stories of the Sea

Written by Ellen Datlow (Editor)

Narrated by Tim Campbell and Mary Robinette Kowal

Stranded on a desert island, a young man yearns for objects from his past. A local from a small coastal town in England is found dead as the tide goes out. A Norwegian whaling ship is stranded in the Arctic, its crew threatened by mysterious forces. In the nineteenth century, a ship drifts in becalmed waters in the Indian Ocean, those on it haunted by their evil deeds. A surfer turned diver discovers there are things worse than drowning under the sea. Something from the sea is creating monsters on land.

In The Devil and the Deep, award-winning editor Ellen Datlow shares an all-original anthology of horror that covers the depths of the deep blue sea, with brand new stories from New York Times bestsellers and award-winning authors such as Seanan McGuire, Christopher Golden, Stephen Graham Jones, and more.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Brilliance Audio
• Release date: Mar 20, 2018
• ISBN: 9781543680355

Ellen Datlow (Editor)

Ellen Datlow has been editing science fiction, fantasy, and horror short fiction for almost thirty years. She was the fiction editor of Omni magazine and Sci Fiction and has edited more than fifty anthologies. She has also won many awards for her work, including the Bram Stoker Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the Hugo Award, among many others.

Reviews for The Devil and the Deep

[caseyadamsstark · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A nice collection of diverse work. I didn't like them all, but I liked many. What I most appreciated though was the diversity. Protagonists included people of color, women and the lgbtq community. A broad spectrum of talent and unique voices.

[Kel W · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A solid collection of short horror stories, all with a link to the sea.

The fake Australian accent used by the narrator for the fourth story was just dreadful. ?

[Gonzalo Battaglia · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Very uneven collection of short stories. Like most collections, there's good, mediocre and bad. The biggest problem I have with it is that it doesn't live up to its promise. For one thing some of the stories only have a tangential relationship with the sea. There is also the fact that some are not even truly horror stories. One tale is a straight up murder/revenge mystery and others have the tropes of horror stories but are more spoofs than real horror (Its just not the same thing!). There are a couple of truly good stories in this, including a story about a ghost ship related to the real horror of the slave trade - by far the best of the lot. But as a whole this book is really not worth it. I have to admit, I skipped some of it because I got tired of some of the pieces.

[rivkat_2 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

authors include Michael Marshall Smith (zombie-ish horror), Seanan McGuire (not super interesting family revenge story), and Stephen Graham Jones (deserted island variant). Alyssa Wong’s What My Mother Left Me is a great variation on an old story, and Bradley Denton’s A Ship of the South Wind seems a bit of a stretch—there’s no sea, only a former sailor on the plains—but it’s a pretty good horror story nonetheless.

[chibitika-1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Excellent sea storiesMay 19, 2019Format: Kindle EditionVerified PurchaseThis is a good mix of sea stories all with horror to some degree. All stories are well written and unique. Recommended reading for horror fans.