I Know Why The Waters of the Sea Taste of Salt: Steve Vernon's Sea Tales Book #3

By Steve Vernon

This is a story set in war-torn Okinawa - back in the final days of the Pacific Campaign of World War 2.

It is told from the point of view of a young Kamikaze pilot preparing to fly his fighter plane into the side of an American battleship.

It is a story of guilt, loneliness, memory and the taste of the sea.

Oh, and there's a sea monster as well.

I expect I ought to mention that...

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"If Harlan Ellison, Richard Matheson and Robert Bloch had a three-way sex romp in a hot tub, and then a team of scientists came in and filtered out the water and mixed the leftover DNA into a test tube, the resulting genetic experiment would most likely grow up into Steve Vernon." - Bookgasm

"Steve Vernon is something of an anomaly in the world of horror literature. He's one of the freshest new voices in the genre although his career has spanned twenty years. Writing with a rare swagger and confidence, Steve Vernon can lead his readers through an entire gamut of emotions from outright fear and repulsion to pity and laughter." - Cemetery Dance

• Language: English
• Publisher: Steve Vernon
• Release date: Sep 12, 2016
• ISBN: 9781370841202

Steve Vernon

Everybody always wants a peek at the man behind the curtain. They all want to see just exactly what makes an author tick.Which ticks me off just a little bit - but what good is a lifetime if you can't ride out the peeve and ill-feeling and grin through it all. Hi! I am Steve Vernon and I'd love to scare you. Along the way I'll try to entertain you and I guarantee a giggle as well.If you want to picture me just think of that old dude at the campfire spinning out ghost stories and weird adventures and the grand epic saga of how Thud the Second stepped out of his cave with nothing more than a rock in his fist and slew the mighty saber-toothed tiger.If I listed all of the books I've written I'd most likely bore you - and I am allergic to boring so I will not bore you any further. Go and read some of my books. I promise I sound a whole lot better in print than in real life. Heck, I'll even brush my teeth and comb my hair if you think that will help any.For more up-to-date info please follow my blog at:http://stevevernonstoryteller.wordpress.com/And follow me at Twitter:@StephenVernonyours in storytelling,Steve Vernon

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I know why the waters of the sea taste of salt

By

Steve Vernon

Steve Vernon Sea Tales #3

STARK RAVEN PRESS

Smashwords Edition 2018

Introduction

I am a storyteller, first and foremost.

My natural habitat is close to the campfire and I breathe words the way that some men smoke.

I have lived by the ocean for nearly four decades. I have listened to the waves talking to the shoreline. I have heard the old ghost stories told around a thousand campfires. I have listened to the sea gulls complaining about the fishing.

This is the third of a series of stories based around the sea.

This story takes place in war torn Okinawa, towards the end of the Pacific Campaign of World War Two.

You don’t have to read every one of these tales, any more than you have to count every wave that rolls up to slap itself upon the beach.

Come here and give a listen.

I’ve got a tale for the telling.

Yours in storytelling,

Steve Vernon

I Know Why the Waters of the Sea Taste of Salt

My father swore that I was born with a full set of teeth. He claimed that my birth cord twisted like an eel in the midwife's hand, biting her as I bit my