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Sea Monsters by Kate Crane

Tsunamis unfurl slowly from great depths. They are creatures of the open sea, born in places composed of nothing but salt water and sky. Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions give birth to them. Or the collapse of an oceanic island. •

The Middle-Aged Man and the Sea by Larry O'Connor

We are on a winding road along the Pacific Coast of Mexico for what seems like forever. M. and I are never more than a few miles from the sea, but it's spare country; our views are confined to roadside pines and the occasional tourist tree •

Third Street. Stambaugh, Michigan: Late Spring, 1972 by Chad Faries

Third Street was completely tunneled out of elm branches, and we lived at an opening, our apartment half in and half out, depending on the direction of wind and which of the four rooms we felt like settling in ...more

City Storms by Jeffrey M. Bockman

1. A thunderstorm in New York is magical. The city, once the province of throngs of people–tattered or nattily attired, intent on their business or pleasures, flitting through film-projector flickerings of light and dark as the sun alternately strikes through the spaces between •