Sharks in an Inland Sea is a collection of short fiction and essays by Lehua Parker. Like sharks exiled to an inland sea, here you’ll explore sideways worlds where things are not always what they seem. You’ll rise with a mom who won’t stay in her grave, cower at the might of a poi dog fairy godmother, and panic at the thought of your bones enshrined in a national monument. You’ll swim in dubious waters, walk with sharks, talk with ghosts, and wonder what it means to be a modern Hawaiian living in the high rocky mountains.
Lehua Parker is a master of tension, voice, and authenticity. Writing from her Hawaiian and Utah Pioneer roots, her award-winning fiction, essays, and memoir effortlessly blend elements of horror, magical realism, and romance—all liberally sprinkled with her unique sense of humor. These stories thrill, chill, and warm the heart as they explore what it means to be fundamentally human. Or otherwise.
Sharks in an Inland Sea is the fourth volume in the Legacy of the Corridor publication series.
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Contents (all content by Lehua Parker unless otherwise noted):
- “Swimming with the Sharks” (foreword) by Joe Monson
- “Introduction: An Inland Sea”
- “Tourists”
- “Bridges”
- “Hawaiian on the Inside” (essay)
- “Red”
- “The Champion”
- “Cardinal Alignment” (poem)
- “Found”
- “Ho‘oloa‘a” (in Hawaiian Pidgin English)
- “Voices”
- “Aunty Mitzy’s Helpers”
- “This Once Was a Sea”
- “Doors”
- “Brothers”
- “Rell’s Kiss”
- “Tatau”
- “Infestation”
- “Maverick’s”
- “Nana‘ue”
- “Close Encounters”
- “In the Twenty and Fourth Year of the Judges”
- “Gamble”
- “Nightwalker” (memoir)
- “Balcony House Hat Trick” (memoir)
- “Persona Non Grata”
- “Hepatitis Sea” (memoir)
- “Resister”
- “We Need Hawaiian Kine Voices” (essay)
- “‘Alika and Arnold”
- “Liz’s Closet”
- “The Sandwich”
- “Akela in the Park”
- Hawaiian and Pidgin English Glossary
Edited by: Joe Monson
Cover Artist: Joe Monson
Published by Hemelein Publications.
Release Date: 21 June 2022 (ebook, trade paperback, and case laminate)
ISBN: 978-1-64278-025-3 (case laminate), 978-1-64278-022-2 (trade paperback), 978-1-64278-023-9 (ebook)
LCCN: 2022934009
Price: $27.99 (case laminate), $17.99 (trade paperback), $5.99 (ebook)
