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Director's Cut: Chapter Five
I told my mom I was going to kill all the old women in my book. Now she’s the Holy Crone.
Oct 20
MAY WE PLEASE THE SEA: Chapter Five
My scream disappears into the sea. I thrash, bracing for the burn the Ocean Law promises any sinner who touches these waters. My back slams into coral…
Oct 17
Director's Cut: Chapter Four
What I ate for three days in the Alaskan wilderness (it involves worms), and why campfire cuddles aren't sexy
Oct 13
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MAY WE PLEASE THE SEA: Chapter Four
The atoll is gone. Where the white ring of dead corals just stood, unholy waters now roll in over…nothing.
Oct 10
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Director's Cut: Chapter Three
My agent asked for “more longing.” I gave her a spear stabbing. Plus the real drug sponge behind blue coral, and diving the real atolls I'd already…
Oct 6
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MAY WE PLEASE THE SEA: Chapter Three
No one speaks. The only sounds are the splash of our strokes and the crying of baby girls. Every canoe in the village follows in my wake, our stilt-huts…
Oct 3
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September 2026
Director's Cut: Chapter Two
Two lobstering courses for one sentence, a notebook page that just says “Incest!! To fix,” and the love interest I forgot I'd named Fletcher (which I…
Sep 29
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MAY WE PLEASE THE SEA: Chapter Two
It happens in less than a breath. The matron’s shout from below, Elly’s hand sliding out beneath mine from the top of the palm tree. My hunting…
Sep 26
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Co-Working in The Cave 🔦
Live 60-minute body-doubling sessions to lock in, body-double, and finish your big projects.
Sep 24
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MAY WE PLEASE THE SEA: Table of Contents
Chapters, Director’s Cuts, and About the Book
Sep 24
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Director's Cut: Chapter One
Freediving, coconut rope, a conch call I played on repeat, and the Chinese word that built an entire social hierarchy
Sep 22
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Caroline Fowler Davis
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MAY WE PLEASE THE SEA: Chapter One
I should be paddling in. Instead, I linger in the lagoon’s sun-warmed seawater, clutching my spear to my chest as I twirl through a school of snapper…
Sep 19
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