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    The Selkie
    The Selkie
    The Selkie
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    The Selkie

    By Nicole Field

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    Tully ends up with an unexpected housemate at the end of the tourist season. But Sean has a secret, and Tully needs to find out what that is.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNicole Field
    Release dateApr 7, 2017
    ISBN9781386441410
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      The Selkie - Nicole Field

      It was just after twilight in early March and the main tourist season had passed. Tully liked living in Ocean Grove best at this time of year. It was still warm enough to enjoy living by the beach, and he had it almost entirely to himself.

      The tide was coming in to where Tully stood by the shallows. At first, he didn’t believe what he thought he’d seen: It looked like a man with luminescent skin, and liquid hair, flowing halfway down his back. But that had to be a mistake.

      Tully blinked and rubbed his eyes afterward, but he couldn’t help looking back out into the ocean again. The seemingly ‘liquid hair’ he thought he’d seen was nothing more than the dark fur of a seal. He gave a sigh of relief. Most seals didn’t come this far in, but Tully had seen stranger things. Late the year before, a group of kids had set themselves up in tents on the sand and spent most of the days and nights streaking between those tents and the water, and then squealing when sand got into everything.

      By contrast, this night and seeing a seal enjoying itself seemed both picturesque and soothing. Absently, Tully remained where he was, watching it until its swim took it so far out into the ocean that he could see it no more.

      * * *

      Tully lived alone. After long days at work, there was no one for him to come home to. The nights had already started to grow shorter and the first chill air of the season had come in two nights before. Sometimes, putting off going back to his empty house after work made it feel like he was less lonely, especially on Friday nights. It didn’t work, of course. There wasn’t anyone to fool but himself; and Tully knew better.

      He flicked on the lights in his kitchen as soon as he stepped inside, and turned on the percolator. Coffee would perk him up enough for a couple of hours dedicated to his writing. He was only a tinkerer; had never had anything

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