Sea Legs

By Michael Kingswood

A man imprisoned on a sailing vessel finds the ship sinking around him. How to escape, and even if he does, how to survive the aftermath of a shipwreck?

Sea Legs is a short adventure story at sea.

• Language: English
• Publisher: SSN Storytelling
• Release date: May 15, 2023
• ISBN: 9798224411252

Michael Kingswood

Michael Kingswood has written numerous science fiction and fantasy stories, including The Pericles Conspiracy, The Glimmer Vale Chronicles, and the Dawn of Enlightenment series. His interest in scifi/fantasy came at an early age: he first saw Star Wars in the theater when he was three and grew up on Star Trek in syndication. The Hobbit was among the first books he recalls reading. Recognizing with sadness that the odds of his making it into outer space were relatively slim, after completing his bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from Boston University, he did the next best thing - he entered the US Navy as a submarine officer. Almost seventeen years later, he continues to serve on active duty and has earned graduation degrees in Engineering Management and Business Administration. Fitting with his service onboard Fast Attack submarines (SSNs), he does his writing on Saturdays, Sundays, and at Night. He is married to a lovely lady from Maine. They have four children, and live wherever the Navy deems to send them. Sign up to receive email announcements of Michael's new releases and other exclusive deals for newsletter subscribers here: http://eepurl.com/eND22 .

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Sea Legs

Sea Legs

A Short Sea Adventure

Michael Kingswood

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A man imprisoned on a sailing vessel finds the ship sinking around him. How to escape, and even if he does, how to survive the aftermath of a shipwreck?

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Sea Legs is a short adventure story at sea.

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Sea Legs

The light from the brass oil lamp hanging from the ceiling above me swirled, sending shadows careening around the room as the lamp swung and twisted about on its chain. The corners of my little room flashed in and out of view as the shadows swam, and I imagined I was somehow not resting in a tiny locked, oak-walled cabin in a ship at sea but already down below in the depths, the whirling eddies sucking me down to the Locker, and my ultimate doom.

I swallowed as the ship lurched again, sending the cabin heaving to the side, and the lamp with it, the chain holding it to the ceiling sending forth a clatter of protest