INDIES INTRODUCE SELECTION TOP 10 DEBUT BOOKS - INDIE NEXT SELECTION - GRACE PALEY AWARD WINNER for SHORT FICTION - DEBUTIFUL'S MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2025 - MS. MAGAZINE'S MOST ANTICIPATED FEMINIST BOOKS OF 2025 - DEBUT AUTHOR, MOLLY OLGUÍN brings us THE SEA GIVES UP THE DEAD, a collection of stories sprinkled into the soil of fairy tales, left to take root and grow wild there.

"Witty, witchy, darkly brilliant"-Andrea Barrett - "A wunderkammer of beauty and sorrow."--Carmen Maria Machado, author of In the Dream House - "...gripping from the opening sentences to the last lines."--Kirkus Reviews - "...contains multitudes" --NPR - "Fantastical, queer, wildly inventive stories."--Pocket Books Shop - "A mouthwatering ride."--Paper Boat Booksellers - "Absolutely fantastic!"--Left Bank Books, St. Louis, MO

A lovesick nanny slays a dragon. The devil tries to save her mother. A girl drowns and becomes a saint. Three kids plot to blow up their dad, a grieving mother sails the sea to find her son's grave, a scientist brings a voice to life, and a mermaid falls into the power of a witch. Here, historical fiction, horror, and fantasy tangle together in a queer garden of love, grief, and longing.