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Stories poised between the real and the imaginary, mythology, science, and fiction. Aquatic beings, with tails or without, fairy-tale fish, fish of love, fish with human habits, fish of doubt and ambivalence. Unique aquatic creatures inhabit the shared space of Kafka, Sakhtouris, Lafcadio Hearn, and Edgar Allan Poe. Exotic, unusual beings with fiery emotions and Dionysian virtues, hidden in human memory, reveal themselves as they traverse the pages of the book and unsettle reality, swimming in the ocean of ecstasy. Unexpected and inconceivable encounters in the depths of the oceans and in the shallows of sorrow. A satirical, allegorical voice—a companionable voice, warm for the cold winter nights and refreshing for the hot summer nights.