2,704 words (11–14 minutes)

Genre(s): Horror, Supernatural, Nautical Fiction

Originally published in Weird Tales, May 1928.

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In the coastal village of Faring, the roguish John Kulrek and his crony Lie-lip Canool rule through fear and revelry. When their cruelty leads to the death of an innocent girl, her vengeful aunt, Moll Farrell, invokes a dark curse upon them. Kulrek and Canool take to the seas, but fate has grim justice in store. As ghostly horrors and supernatural forces close in, the legend of the sea curse unfolds in a tale of eerie revenge, spectral doom, and the relentless power of the ocean’s judgment.