Short stories tagged with Boats

Listing 11 stories.

An American continues to run into another American on their trips around Europe and the Mediterranean.

As the entirety of the United Kingdom begins to shift and float towards the United States, a man has to contend with the changes to his daily routine and the possibility of his town of Brighton being forced next to New York.

The crew aboard a freight ship are gruesomely murdered in a sacrificial and ritualistic manner.

A riverboat captain and shantyman engage in a flute-playing competition with life-or-death consequences.

A South Asian woman harbors a deep fascination with the ocean. When she works with renegade scientists to track a blue whale, the woman and the whale form a deep bond.

When a paddle-boating excursion goes wrong, a family makes one final sweet memory to cling onto during the years of separation and sadness that follow.

A rift grows between two friends as one of them pulls away to pursue a romantic relationship. The girl's actions result in the loss of the green duckboat that represented the memories they made together.

A young sailor rents a room while waiting for his ship and befriends his neighbor—a peculiar middle-aged gentleman with a hobby for wood carving.

Two men and their girlfriends sail on their way to a dope deal. However, along the way, they are sabotaged by islanders and face the fatal struggle against the currents.

A teenage boy in Alabama monitors the water near his father's marina for signs of oil in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon leak — and also falls in love with a girl who works for his father.