Open Waters

by David Gullen

Open Waters...at once beautiful and dangerous, a sun-dappled, ever-shifting landscape, restless, impenetrable, capricious and heartless. Open Waters...across which the voyager will sail to wars without end and to the hiding places of the desperate survivors of alien invasion, will follow in the footsteps of lonely, far-from-home explorers and colonists, journey back to Creation itself then burrow into the darker recesses of the human psyche. Open Waters...sixteen tales of terrible beauty from the imagination of David Gullen. "Subversive, Hilarious. Touching. Brilliant" Jaine Fenn "His characters get so deep inside your head you're still arguing with them days later" Mike carey

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First published December 1, 2013

About the author

My latest novel, The Girl from a Thousand Fathoms, was published in early 2020. Other books includes Third Instar from Eibonvale Press, and my alternative-present-day SF novel Shopocalypse. I’ve edited three anthologies, including Once Upon a Parsec:The Book of Alien Fairy Tales.
I’ve sold over 40 short stories to various magazines and anthologies. My short story, Warm Gun, won the BFS Short Story Competition in 2016 and other work has been short-listed for the James White Award and placed in the Aeon Award.
I’m also a past judge for the Arthur C. Clarke and James White Awards, and the current Chair of the Milford SF Conference.
I was born in Africa, baptised by King Neptune, and raised in England. I live in South London with the fantasy writer Gaie Sebold behind several tree ferns.

Reviews

[Terence · Rating 2 out of 5]

I received the book for free through Goodreads First Reads.

Open Waters is a clearly well written book. I personally struggled to connect and stay interested with the majority of the short stories, but I often have that problem with short stories.

[Alaina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Riveting...