The Killer Sunfish

The ocean gently tossed the boat back and forth. Sam leaned over the rail, trying desperately not to puke up his guts. Every time one of the waves sloshed against the side, Sam dug his fingers into the peeling paint of the rail.         “Urgh, this is the freaking worst,” He muttered at the waves “Why did he have to live in this stupid place, anyways?” The glittering blue sea, a...

The door clicked open, and Sam and Katy came face-to-face with their missing uncle. Sam’s first thought was that he looked average. Maybe even a little ugly. He didn’t know what he had been expecting, maybe a fluffy cat and an eyepatch, or something. However, the man before him was so ordinary that it was almost disappointing. His simple look was made even more obvious by the lavish room behi...

Water splashed up around Sam’s ankles. The sand, soaked with sea foam, squelched between his toes. He sat on the edge of a rock, letting the waves wash up onto his legs. The water glowed a spectacular range of orange and red, but Sam found himself unable to enjoy it. The monotonous, washing sound of the ocean drowned out everything else. “That was really immature of me,” Katy said. She was sitting...