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No See Um: A Southern Gothic Environmental Horror
In the shadowed marshes of Awendaw, the past never stays buried-it crawls.
Marine biologist Mara Jennings sought refuge in the Lowcountry’s wild beauty, but the marsh offers no peace. When a mysterious insect bite leaves her with haunting visions and spreading blue-black veins, she uncovers a chilling construction workers at the ancient Sewee shell ring are collapsing with identical symptoms, their minds unraveling.
As Hurricane Alexandra churns toward the coast, Mara races to connect the dots between her father’s suspicious death decades earlier, a billionaire developer’s reckless excavations, and the whispers she hears in the tidal currents-voices that promise “the vessel opens.”
But the storm isn’t the only force rising. The no-see-ums swarm in unnatural spirals. The shell ring’s pool glows with bioluminescent secrets. And Mara’s grip on reality frays as she Is this a microbial plague, a generational curse, or the marsh itself demanding retribution?
In the tradition of Southern Gothic masters like Flannery O’Connor and Cormac McCarthy, this spine-chilling thriller blurs the line between ecological horror and psychological decay. Perfect for fans of The Ruins and Where the Crawdads Sing-if they dare walk the line where science drowns and the wild things wait.
Marine biologist Mara Jennings sought refuge in the Lowcountry’s wild beauty, but the marsh offers no peace. When a mysterious insect bite leaves her with haunting visions and spreading blue-black veins, she uncovers a chilling construction workers at the ancient Sewee shell ring are collapsing with identical symptoms, their minds unraveling.
As Hurricane Alexandra churns toward the coast, Mara races to connect the dots between her father’s suspicious death decades earlier, a billionaire developer’s reckless excavations, and the whispers she hears in the tidal currents-voices that promise “the vessel opens.”
But the storm isn’t the only force rising. The no-see-ums swarm in unnatural spirals. The shell ring’s pool glows with bioluminescent secrets. And Mara’s grip on reality frays as she Is this a microbial plague, a generational curse, or the marsh itself demanding retribution?
In the tradition of Southern Gothic masters like Flannery O’Connor and Cormac McCarthy, this spine-chilling thriller blurs the line between ecological horror and psychological decay. Perfect for fans of The Ruins and Where the Crawdads Sing-if they dare walk the line where science drowns and the wild things wait.
156 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 12, 2025
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