Net Worthy
Book details
Publication date: 18 December 2026
Status: Forthcoming
Format: Paperback / eBook
Genre: Verse novella
Language: English
Trim size: 5.5 × 8.5 inches
Page count: 82 pages
ISBN: 9781919166889
Net Worthy is the tale of a creature that believed the sea was speaking to it.
One phrase, half-heard on a reef, was enough to pry it from its stone and send it chasing the deep.
Told in rhythmic couplets across five acts, this book drifts between mock-epic comedy and tragic fable, asking what happens when faith blinds a creature to the waters it swims in.
Releases 18 December 2026.
Swim
The oyster clamped upon the reef in shade,
A patient stone the shifting tides had made.
It caught a sound that trembled through the brine,
A whisper coiled like promise, sharp, divine.
“The world is yours,” the ocean seemed to sing,
An unseen crown, a clear commanding ring.
It wrenched from rock and broke its ancient hold,
And drifted out where darker waters rolled.
It called the voice a fate it must obey,
And swam where darker waters ruled the day.
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