When they rented the cottage by the sea, the landlord told them living by the ocean had its surprises. She had hoped the surprises would be baby-shaped ones.
A home overflowing with toys that smelled like salt and sand. A beach bag filled with sunscreen and swim diapers.
But what she got instead were monsters.
Issue 5
COLD WAVE
£4
Mattea Heller is a high school English teacher and has an MFA in Creative Writing from Western Connecticut State University. Her work appears in several literary magazines, the horror podcast Thirteen, and the podcast Creepy.