The Bight

by A.L. Sirois

In a future where both temperatures and the seas have risen, Dr. Michael Gradowitz takes on a mission to survey the fallen and infested areas of quarantined New York City. His work is nominally to search for new medical materials created by the mutated flora and fauna that live in the dangerous tropical zone. However, he actually volunteered because he feels that he has to compete for the attention of his son, who has drifted away from him during a messy divorce.

Unfortunately, New York has not quite been abandoned and is inhabited by both die-hard survivors and other competing medical concerns. Gradowitz must overcome not only the toxic environment and hazardous vermin, but survive the anarchy of human tribes and the actions of cut throat competitors if he ever hopes to make a discovery worthy of his son's respect.

An engrossing narrative in novelette length of a fallen world that still has room for a father to do his best for his son by veteran author and artist, A.L. Sirois.

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First published June 27, 2011

About the author

I made my first story sale in 1974, shortly followed by another. My first book was, oddly enough, a children’s book, DINOSAUR DRESS UP, published in 1992. Since then, I’ve published several other books, mostly science fiction, fantasy, and horror. I’ve also ghostwritten more than a dozen works of science fiction, fantasy, memoirs, and cozy mysteries. My short story “In the Conservatory” was nominated for the Pushcart Prize.

A recent publication, “The Adventure of the Accelerationist,” in BLACK CAT WEEKLY #76, was nominated by the magazine's editor for the Shamus Award, an annual prize for outstanding detective fiction.

In 2024, Regal House published the 1st volume in my trilogy of YA books set in ancient Egypt, MURDER IN MENNEFER. The second, in 2025, is IMHOTEP AND THE QUEST TO KUSH.

This page on my web site has links to stories that have been published in online magazines. https://alsirois.com/my-work/

A few years ago, I wrote, inked and lettered a 124-page graphic novel, The Endless Incident. I have worked for DC, Marvel, Charlton, and Warren Publications. I contributed “Bugs in the System” to witzend #12. Between 1975 and 1980, I worked for Wallace Wood and other DC and Marvel artists, including Dick Giordano, Bob Layton, and Frank McLaughlin. I inked backgrounds for Batman, Flash, Wonder Woman, Hercules Unbound, PLOP!, Stalker, Justice League of America, All Star Comics (Justice Society of America), X-Men, and Champions, among other titles, including the one-shot Superman vs. Muhammed Ali.