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duckprintspress ([personal profile] duckprintspress) wrote2025-04-03 02:04 pm

Advice from a Friend: Climb Him Like a Tree! (A THE SALT IN THE SEA Excerpt)

A graphic of text over a photograph of an old rotary phone on a wood counter before a wooden wall. Text reads, Thoma wanted to phone Clair and lament about what had happened, but she’d only laugh at him and tell him he’d done it because he wanted to “climb that hunk like a tree.” from "The Salt in the Sea" by J. D. Rivers, a m/m fantasy-mystery novella. Pre-order today!

What are best friends for, if not some light-hearted mocking? The Salt in the Sea by J. D. Rivers is a bittersweet m/m fantasy-mystery about old wounds and new opportunities… but “bittersweet” doesn’t mean we’re not allowed a splash of humor or five! The Salt in the Sea is a novella about building a life in the aftermath of disaster, about isolation literal and metaphorical, and about second chances. Oh, yeah, and there’s also a corpse to deal with…

Read the blurb, learn about J. D. Rivers, check campaign progress, and more on our pre-order campaign page!