Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Life Under the Sea
    Life Under the Sea
    Life Under the Sea
    Ebook62 pages46 minutes

    Life Under the Sea

    By Eric Douglas

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    An adventurer comes to Withrow Key, planning to live on the bottom of the ocean for six months in a habitat, but he needs Jackson’s help to make it happen. They have their inevitable problems, but things seem to be working fine. Until a late-season hurricane pops up in the gulf and Withrow Key is expecting a direct hit. Jackson and his nephew Zach have to decide whether to let the aquanauts ride the storm out under the water or to rescue them and let them try it again later. As usual, nothing is ever simple on Withrow Key.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEric Douglas
    Release dateNov 12, 2015
    ISBN9781311571595
    Life Under the Sea
    Author

    Eric Douglas

    Life is an adventure for Eric Douglas, above and below the water and wherever in the world he ends up. Eric received a degree in Journalism from Marshall University. After working in local newspapers, honing his skills as a story teller, and following a stint as a freelance journalist in the former Soviet Union, he became a dive instructor. The ocean and diving have factored into all of his fiction works since then.As a documentarian, Eric has worked in Russia, Honduras and most recently in his home state of West Virginia, featuring the oral histories of West Virginia war veterans in the documentary West Virginia Voices of War and the companion book Common Valor.Visit his website at: www.booksbyeric.com.Eric talks about adventure and taking time to be creative, along with diving and writing, on his blog at www.booksbyeric.com. He would love it if you dropped by to say hello.You can also follow him on Twitter, get in touch on Facebook or through Google+. Lastly, you can always send him an email: eric@booksbyeric.com

    Read more from Eric Douglas

    Related to Life Under the Sea

    Related ebooks

    Suspense For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Tom Cunliffe

      Jun 5, 2020

      Tom Cunliffe
      5 min read

    • Article

      Tom Cunliffe

      Jun 5, 2020

      Tom Cunliffe
      5 min read

    • Article

      Paul Nicklen

      Dec 14, 2018

      Paul Nicklen
      8 min read

    • Article

      Guernsey On Paper

      Aug 31, 2023

      Guernsey On Paper
      5 min read

    • Article

      My Sea Turtle Story

      Jun 25, 2019

      My Sea Turtle Story
      5 min read

    • Article

      My Sea Turtle Story

      Dec 25, 2020

      My Sea Turtle Story
      5 min read

    • Article

      Diluting The Salt

      May 19, 2022

      Diluting The Salt
      7 min read

    • Article

      King Of The Wild

      Nov 10, 2020

      King Of The Wild
      7 min read

    • Article

      JASON & THE WHALE

      Nov 23, 2023

      JASON & THE WHALE
      2 min read

    • Article

      David Doubilet

      Sep 17, 2021

      Born in New York in 1946, David Doubilet is primarily known for his work for National Geographic since 1971. Doubilet has photographed around 75 stories for National Geographic, and was named a Contributing Photographer-in-Residence in 2001. Doubilet

      8 min read

    • Article

      My Sea Turtle Story

      May 26, 2023

      My Sea Turtle Story
      5 min read

    • Article

      Always Alert Accident Avert

      Jul 19, 2019

      Always Alert Accident Avert
      8 min read

    • Article

      Cobra Tales

      Aug 5, 2022

      We all have moments where we know that we've screwed up, that feeling of, "oh my god, what did I just do;' Moments when it's too late to turn back, and the only option is to keep going. I've had plenty of those in my life. In 2011, six of us fell off

      3 min read

    • Article

      Ricko’s Not-so-modern Life

      Dec 11, 2018

      Ricko DeWilde steps off of a small wooden boat on the Nenana River and onto dry land. The steep, muddy ridge he must ascend to continue our goose hunt is too tall for him to see over the top, but it’s not too tall to climb. He eyes it warily. “I don’

      8 min read

    • Article

      Cue the Musky

      Apr 2, 2024

      Cue the Musky
      2 min read

    • Article

      The Redoubtable Bull Shark

      Mar 4, 2024

      The Redoubtable Bull Shark
      15 min read

    • Article

      The Hook Of The Sea

      Feb 3, 2022

      The Hook Of The Sea
      2 min read

    • Article

      The Jag File

      Sep 4, 2020

      Disclaimer: I am about to write on a topic that stirs the passion in most of you. “It’s horrible,” my partner exclaimed as we paddled our kayaks around one of our favorite north woods lakes, “the entire shoreline has collapsed!” She was correct. A s

      5 min read

    • Article

      Signs of Life

      Dec 27, 2022

      Signs of Life
      3 min read

    • Article

      MIND THE GAP A Gassy Jack Story

      Jun 4, 2021

      It’s difficult being in the middle of two things—like the proverbial rock and the hard place. My life is lived in that cleft, and I have found a way to be in this place. I’m constantly redefining what it means to live here. My family are born of tw

      6 min read

    • Article

      Angel Of Death

      Mar 27, 2018

      I could see the wave coming long before it arrived. It looked like a length of rope uncoiling as the swell hit the edge of the reef and spun towards me, a beady eye staring me down in slow motion as it got closer. It was my first time surfing Speedie

      2 min read

    • Article

      The Witness Is a Whale

      Sep 29, 2021

      In their film, The Witness Is a Whale, filmmakers Nick and Cheryl Dean take us on a remarkable journey to understand the private lives of whales and their societies in the sea as revealed through the behavior of these magnificent giants. This stunnin

      9 min read

    • Article

      Ocean Awakening

      Apr 8, 2021

      Of all the yachting books I have read, not one starts like The Boat They Laughed At, by the inimitable Max Liberson: ‘I tapped the large man on the shoulder, interrupting his current occupation which was hitting the security guard repeatedly on the h

      7 min read

    • Article

      Jack Daniel. TENNESSEE SQUIRES

      Aug 8, 2023

      Jack Daniel. TENNESSEE SQUIRES
      7 min read

    • Article

      Paul Heiney

      Aug 25, 2023

      Paul Heiney
      3 min read

    • Article

      Paul Heiney

      Aug 25, 2023

      Paul Heiney
      3 min read

    • Article

      Native Nevada

      Jun 6, 2023

      Native Nevada
      7 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Life Under the Sea

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Life Under the Sea - Eric Douglas

      Life Under the Sea

      A Withrow Key Thriller Short Story

      By Eric Douglas

      Life Under The Sea

      By Eric Douglas

      Second Edition September 2015 by Eric Douglas at Smashwords.

      © First Edition, November 2014 by Eric Douglas. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of Visibility Press, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review to be printed in a newspaper, magazine or journal.

      All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return it to your favorite ebook retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      This is a Visibility Press original.

      Copyright © 2015 Eric Douglas

      All rights reserved.

      Table of Contents

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      Chapter 7

      Chapter 8

      Epilogue

      About the Author

      Chapter 1

      Call me Huck, the burly man, sticking out his hand. I don’t stand on a lot of formality. If we’re going to work together, I want us to be friends. I mean, you don’t trust your life to strangers, right?

      Jackson Pauley was a touch off balance because of his visitor’s brusque entrance, but the man’s disarming manner eased his irritation some. Too, it was the Florida Keys and Jackson was used to things moving a little differently here than in his native New York. There, he never would have burst into someone’s office and started talking. He would have gotten shot. Or worse. Huck had walked into Jackson’s office unannounced. Or at least Jackson hadn’t seen him coming…admittedly he had been face down in paper work.

      Huck? Is that like Huck Finn?

      I don’t exactly remember how I got the name, but Huck Finn was an adventurer, so I guess it fits.

      All right, Huck. How can I help you? Jackson asked as he stood from behind his paper-littered desk at the dive shop to shake the man’s hand. Like every small business owner in the world, managing the business was his least favorite part of the job and he was happy to take a break.

      I’m here to change the world, but I need your help to do it, Huck said with a grin.

      Jackson sat back down and leaned back in his chair. He ran his fingers through his sandy blond, curly hair while he took stock of his visitor. Huck was broad-shouldered with a tan and an easy smile. He looked fit in his polo shirt, shorts and sandals—island business attire. Huck looked like he fit right in on Withrow Key. Oddly, this was the first time Jackson had ever seen him.

      Well, you certainly have an interesting approach. Why don’t you tell me what you need and I’ll see what I can do, Jackson replied. He had seen more than his fair share of dreamers with plans and he knew better than to get too excited until the check cleared the bank.

      One of the greatest problems our world is facing is overcrowding, Huck began. There just isn’t enough space for all of us on this planet of ours…at least not any place you would want to live. Huck’s presentation was polished. Jackson could tell he had practiced

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1