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Underwater
When was the last time you came face-to-face with a mermaid? Ever explore a hidden underwater cave or been haunted by an unearthly creature? Did that passionate childhood fantasy turn into a real, sexy encounter? When was the last time you discovered a bell concealing the entrance to a faerie mound? Have you wondered what would happen if New Orleans was entombed in radioactive water? UNDERWATER features sixteen exploratory tales that delve into decrepit landscapes and strange magic, inhuman heroes and crushing experimentation. Two-thirds of the world is submerged-experience what happens within, from the fantastical and erotic to the horrifying and triumphant, UNDERWATER showcases stories that will inundate readers with uncharted territories.
- GenresRomance
186 pages, Paperback
Published February 17, 2016
About the author
Anthony S. Buoni
19 books11 followersLiving and creating in New Orleans, Louisiana, Anthony S. Buoni haunts swamps and bayous along the Gulf of Mexico, writing, editing, producing, and lecturing about his craft. A practicing pagan, he's responsible for the BETWEEN THERE anthologies as well as his screenplay-novel, CONVERSION PARTY, available through PULPWOOD PRESS. Recently, he's co-edited and co-produced two exciting anthologies with Alisha Costanzo with their independent imprint, TRANSMUNDANE PRESS: DISTORTED: vol 1 and UNDERWATER: vol 1.
In the past, he produced the underground zine MEOW and the illustrated horror rag OUTRÉ from MEOW PRESS, and his work has appeared in WATERFRONT LIVING, NORTH FLORIDA NOIR, and SMALL HAPPY. Currently writing a New Orleans monster novel as well as putting the final edits on novels featuring ghosts, zombies, and a café between life and death filled with secrets and philosophy. His next book, a collection of dark short stories, is due for publication in early 2016.
When not writing, Anthony is a Bourbon Street bartender and underground musician and DJ, drawing down the moon with new wave, trance, and melancholy tunes. Other interests include film, gardening, comic books, and playing video games with his son, Fallon.
In the past, he produced the underground zine MEOW and the illustrated horror rag OUTRÉ from MEOW PRESS, and his work has appeared in WATERFRONT LIVING, NORTH FLORIDA NOIR, and SMALL HAPPY. Currently writing a New Orleans monster novel as well as putting the final edits on novels featuring ghosts, zombies, and a café between life and death filled with secrets and philosophy. His next book, a collection of dark short stories, is due for publication in early 2016.
When not writing, Anthony is a Bourbon Street bartender and underground musician and DJ, drawing down the moon with new wave, trance, and melancholy tunes. Other interests include film, gardening, comic books, and playing video games with his son, Fallon.
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March 25, 2017
The stories vary widely in quality. Some I absolutely loved, like the ones from Val Prozorova or Megan McFerren, while others were barely tolerable.
January 16, 2017
This collection of short stories explores the sensual, dangerous, and overall mystic realm of life near the water's edge and the wholly unknowable world beneath the surface. Almost all of the stories are intensely genre and fantastical creating even more otherness to an already unknown realm of our earth.
The highly sexualized content caught me off guard at first, probably because I did not bother to read the blurbs on the back which would have pointed that out to me, but it was only distracting a few of the stories. For the most part, the sensuality was used for a purpose and well throughout the anthology. Only a couple of stories seemed unnecessarily sexual.
However, my favorite stories were those that focused more on the naivete of land dwellers and their poor judgement of the dangers of the water. There is something in this anthology for any one and everyone who loves genre fiction. Mermaids galore, strange underwater creatures, voodoo magic in a post-apocalyptic New Orleans, and even a vampire. The stories were fun and easy reads. Great for young adult readers and up.
The highly sexualized content caught me off guard at first, probably because I did not bother to read the blurbs on the back which would have pointed that out to me, but it was only distracting a few of the stories. For the most part, the sensuality was used for a purpose and well throughout the anthology. Only a couple of stories seemed unnecessarily sexual.
However, my favorite stories were those that focused more on the naivete of land dwellers and their poor judgement of the dangers of the water. There is something in this anthology for any one and everyone who loves genre fiction. Mermaids galore, strange underwater creatures, voodoo magic in a post-apocalyptic New Orleans, and even a vampire. The stories were fun and easy reads. Great for young adult readers and up.
April 30, 2016
The only story I've read so far in this anthology is Ferryman by Val Prozorova, so is honestly the only of their shorts I've read across multiple anthologies that didn't like.
Written in a first-person narrative, the story is of a young man drowning and being rescued - and seduced, kinda - by a beautiful man in the water.
To be entirely honest, I found myself skimming it and had to go back and force myself to actually read it to do a proper review.
There was no real reason for me to dislike it, as it’s a pretty sexy story that would usually be right up my alley, but I can never get into first person narratives that I haven’t written myself. I know that probably sounds rude, but it’s the only explanation I can think of.
Maybe I’ll give it another go when I read the rest of the anthology and have a different opinion. We’ll see.
Written in a first-person narrative, the story is of a young man drowning and being rescued - and seduced, kinda - by a beautiful man in the water.
To be entirely honest, I found myself skimming it and had to go back and force myself to actually read it to do a proper review.
There was no real reason for me to dislike it, as it’s a pretty sexy story that would usually be right up my alley, but I can never get into first person narratives that I haven’t written myself. I know that probably sounds rude, but it’s the only explanation I can think of.
Maybe I’ll give it another go when I read the rest of the anthology and have a different opinion. We’ll see.
May 3, 2016
This review is for 'Ferryman' by Val Prozorova.
An interesting tale, certainly. I was instantly intrigued with the idea of meeting death by way of attractive merman-like character of legend. In the midst of drowning, the narrator becomes a happy recipient of some unexpected and entirely welcome undersea lovin'. This author always laces the story with humor, and this one had me laughing and blushing. Always a pleasant mixture. I'll definitely be keeping this one in mind the next time I find myself on the open water.
An interesting tale, certainly. I was instantly intrigued with the idea of meeting death by way of attractive merman-like character of legend. In the midst of drowning, the narrator becomes a happy recipient of some unexpected and entirely welcome undersea lovin'. This author always laces the story with humor, and this one had me laughing and blushing. Always a pleasant mixture. I'll definitely be keeping this one in mind the next time I find myself on the open water.
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