Literature
Tidepool
Esmae’s arms shook. She craned her neck back, teeth clenched as she searched for another handhold on the sheer rock face. With a grunt, she reached up, but her other hand lost its grip on the slick rock. She slipped, lurching back to avoid scraping herself.
She hit the water with a splash and let herself sink below the surface, her tail flicking with frustration. The storm that ravaged the shoreline had ended far sooner than she was prepared. If she had noticed the waves were receding, she wouldn’t have gotten stranded in the tidepool, encaged on all sides by craggy rocks.
It was humiliating. She’d never heard tales of oth
