Barnacles and bilge rats - we're full of them. Mermaids, sea creatures, monsters from the deep, Pirates who ought to know better doing things that ought to be impossible. Selkies. Things with piercing eyes and tentacles - they're all here.We're drawn to the sea. The last great unknown, at least on this Earth. More than 80% of the ocean is unexplored - and over 90% of sea creatures have yet to be classified (maybe more, in those uncharted murky, murky depths). And these unknown monsters are going to seem like aliens to us. As if all those squid and octopus and great white sharks weren't alien enough. But deep down below, where the pressure would crush you in an instant and the dark is midnight black forever, life teems in abundance. Who's to say it's not intelligent? Who's to say it's not curious? Who's to say we won't see it one day wrapped around a ocean vessel or singing to us from sun kissed waves?We're proud to present fifteen fine stories with a satisfyingly salty tinge and we hope you enjoy them.After you've read them, you'll never look at the sea in the same way again.