Salt Water Tears by Brian Hopkins

With one hundred stories to his credit in such publications as Aberrations, Aboriginal SF, Dragon Magazine, Realms of Fantasy, and Weird Tales, Brian A. Hopkins has received the Bram Stoker Award, and been a finalist for both the Nebula Award and the Ted Sturgeon Memorial Award. Hopkins is the author of several previous collections, the novella Cold At Heart (Starlance,1997), and the novel The Licking Valley Coon Hunters Club (Yard Dog, 2000). He lives southeast of Oklahoma City with his wife and two children on seven wooded acres they share with deer, rabbits, squirrels, snakes, a bobcat, and other assorted wildlife. He writes in a library he built from the ground up. You can learn more about Brian Hopkins, both genuine and apocryphal, by visiting his webpage at http://bahwolf.com. 

"Brian Hopkins writes of the ocean as if he were a part of it. His empathy with whales -- in particular -- is phenomenal, and the subtle blend of intense research and intuitive talent is -- at times -- unnerving. Unforgettable fiction." 
-- David Niall Wilson, author of This Is My Blood 

"Brian Hopkins has a sensitivity for shadows. But make no mistake about it. This 'sensitive' man will keep you up well past the witching hour. He is a knight from the nightmare realm...the director darkness...He never met a scream he didn't like." 
-- Charlee Jacob, author of Dread in the Beast