Does “The Sea in Me” Sink or Swim? A Review and Analysis
by Stephanie McCarthy Anonymous lady jumping in ocean from pier by Ben Mack Attribution link: https://www.pexels.com/photo/anonymous-lady-jumping-in-ocean-from-pier-6775398/ At the beginning of summer, the power went out in my apartment building for about five hours. Normally, my overachieving self would’ve freaked out over this. However, I decided to use the time to catch up on some of my reading. So, I pulled up Krishan Coupland’s short story, “The Sea in Me,” on my computer. I originally came across this British writer when I was researching literary magazines to send out my short stories to. He runs Neon , one of the longest-running independent literary magazines in the UK. It’s also a small press that publishes chapbooks, which are collections of poems, short stories, or other literary works. You wonder if the guy ever sleeps. His short fiction has won a couple of awards, including “The Sea in Me,” which appeared in the esteemed collection, Best British Stories 2017 . The s...