“Trust me. You’re beautiful. All of you. I promise.”
Sea Glass in the Gray
Novella available now on Kindle!
Coming of Age Fiction • New Adult • Contemporary Drama
For seventeen-year-old delinquent Alex, life in the riverside town of Sugarsand Shores is a blur of gray. His days are spent skateboarding on the sun-baked streets, getting into fights and navigating his toxic relationship. But when a visitor named Natalie arrives for one week, she’s like finding a rare piece of sea glass in the sand, a vibrant splash of color in his monotonous life.
Over six days Natalie is immersed in his world of fire pit parties, small town politics and shared secrets, forging a connection deeper and more intimate than either of them has ever known, burning like a supernova in the cosmos of their lives. But this bond has an expiration date, and the end of the week looms over them. When the supernova inevitably fades, what is left of those who witnessed it?
“This is better than any words we could’ve said.”
#25 in Coming of Age Fiction on Kindle!
About the Author
Ricky Marlowe is a New York City based writer and author of short stories, poems, and novels. He is a lover of stories of all kinds, which reflect in the genres that he writes.
Ricky writes intimate stories for readers drawn to tragic romance, interpersonal relationships, political intrigue, and characters caught in the tides between love and duty. His work explores the quiet personal devastation beneath grand, life-changing events. In his worlds, magic is hard science, beautiful and logical, where even the fate of nations may turn on the grief of a single heart.
He is currently writing The Blades of Alcrést, an epic fantasy series about a fugitive princess who becomes the heart of a rebellion, and a reluctant prince who becomes the commander sent to crush it. He writes other short stories when inspiration strikes.
Ricky lives quietly at home with his children and life partner, and their Shiba Inu, Rio.
The Blades of Alcrést
In an empire forged from the fires of conquest, marriage and divine secrets, one assassination begins the unraveling of an age.
A spoiled princess becomes a fugitive seeking asylum. A layabout prince is pulled into a deadly succession crisis he wanted no part of. And in the shadows of the imperial court, a savvy princess is building an empire of her own.
Before the new war engulfs the continent, the heirs of Alcrést must learn their places on the board, and the true costs of love, duty and history.
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