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Title: Down to a Sunless Sea Title Record # 1748834
Author: Neil Gaiman
Date: 2013-03-22
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: Story credit in Gaiman's collection Trigger Warning: "copyright (c) 2013 by Neil Gaiman. First published online at www.guardian.com." No explicit SF content, but very eerie and atmospheric.
Synopsis: An encounter in a rainstorm in London with a woman who tells a tale of her son who went to sea.
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Current Tags: horror (2), second person point of view (1), story within a story (1), first person point of view (1), contemporary (1), London, England (1), sailors (1), mother (1), shipwreck (1), cannibalism (1), poetic justice (1) Add Tags

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Translations
Year Language Title
2016Translated by Augusto Calil
Portuguese As profundezas de um mar sem sol
2018Translated by Patrick Marcel
French Au fond de la mer sans soleil

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
guardian.co.uk, March 22, 2013 2013-03-22 ed. Editors of The Guardian        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
Fearie Tales: Stories of the Grimm and Gruesome 2013-10-24 ed. Stephen Jones Jo Fletcher Books 978-1-78206-470-1
£14.99?£: UK pound
411
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Alan Lee  
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six 2014-05-20 ed. Ellen Datlow Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-523-0
$10.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Pierre Droal  
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six 2014-06-03 ed. Ellen Datlow Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-503-2
$15.99?$: US dollar
l+
397
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Pierre Droal Checkmark
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances 2015-02-00 Neil Gaiman William Morrow / HarperCollins 978-0-06-233026-0
$26.99?$: US dollar
xxxvii+
310
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Adam Johnson (I) Checkmark
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances 2015-02-03 Neil Gaiman William Morrow / HarperCollins 978-0-06-233026-0
$26.99?$: US dollar
xxxvii+
311
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Adam Johnson (I) Checkmark
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances 2015-02-03 Neil Gaiman HarperLuxe 978-0-06-236974-1
$26.99?$: US dollar
560
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Adam Johnson (I)  
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances 2015-02-03 Neil Gaiman Headline 978-1-4722-1768-4
£18.99?£: UK pound
xxxvi+
307
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances 2015-02-03 Neil Gaiman William Morrow / HarperCollins / SFBC 1401340
$15.99?$: US dollar
xxxix+
311
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Adam Johnson (I) Checkmark
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances 2015-02-03 Neil Gaiman Headline 978-1-4722-1769-1
£14.99?£: UK pound
352
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances 2015-02-03 Neil Gaiman William Morrow / HarperCollins 978-0-06-233029-1
$16.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Adam Johnson (I) Checkmark
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances 2015-02-03 Neil Gaiman Headline 978-1-4722-1770-7
£8.49?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances 2015-02-03 Neil Gaiman HarperAudio 978-0-06-237362-5
$24.99?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
coll Adam Johnson (I) Checkmark
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances 2015-02-03 Neil Gaiman Headline Digital 978-1-4722-1771-4
£19.99?£: UK pound
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
coll  
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances 2015-10-27 Neil Gaiman William Morrow / HarperCollins 978-0-06-233032-1
$16.99?$: US dollar
308
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Adam Johnson (I)  
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances 2015-10-27 Neil Gaiman Headline 978-1-4722-1772-1
£7.99?£: UK pound
303
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances 2015-10-27 Neil Gaiman Headline 978-1-4722-3488-9
£7.99?£: UK pound
311
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Checkmark
Alerta de risco 2016-08-22 Neil Gaiman Intrinseca  
R$34.90?R$: Brazilian real
335
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Adam Johnson (I)  
The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction 2018-10-02 ed. Ellen Datlow Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-983-2
$17.99?$: US dollar
xxvii+
481
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Santiago Caruso , Santiago Caruso , Allen Williams , Allen Williams , Allen Williams , Pierre Droal , Noia Hokama , Blake Malcerta , Kevin Peterson , Chenthooran Nambiarooran Checkmark
The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction 2018-10-02 ed. Ellen Datlow Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-644-2
$17.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Checkmark
Signal d'alerte: Fictions courtes et dérangement 2018-10-11 Neil Gaiman Au Diable Vauvert 979-10-307-0229-3
€22.00?€: Euro
478
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
Dark Tides 2019-10-03 ed. Eugene Johnson, John J. Questore Gestalt Media 978-1-951535-97-1
$19.95?$: US dollar
461
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Ivan Bjørn Checkmark
Dark Tides 2019-10-03 ed. Eugene Johnson, John J. Questore Gestalt Media 978-1-73373-553-7
$19.95?$: US dollar
vii+
496
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Ivan Bjørn  
Dark Tides 2019-10-03 ed. Eugene Johnson, John J. Questore Gestalt Media 978-1-73373-554-4
$5.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Ivan Bjørn  
Signal d'alerte: Fictions courtes et dérangement 2020-06-00 Neil Gaiman J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Fantastique #12931) 978-2-290-13466-5
€8.50?€: Euro
480
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll  
The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction 2020-10-20 Neil Gaiman William Morrow / HarperCollins 978-0-06-303187-6
$29.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Ulf Andersen Checkmark
The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction 2020-10-20 Neil Gaiman HarperCollins B and Blackstone Publishing 978-1-79994-282-5
$55.99?$: US dollar
 
audio MP3 CD?Compact disc with mp3-encoded audio tracks
coll Ulf Andersen  
The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction 2020-10-20 Neil Gaiman William Morrow / HarperCollins 978-0-06-303185-2
$40.00?$: US dollar
736
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Ulf Andersen Checkmark
The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction 2020-10-20 Neil Gaiman Headline 978-1-4722-8230-9
£30.00?£: UK pound
752
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction 2020-10-20 Neil Gaiman HarperCollins B and Blackstone Publishing 978-0-06-303188-3
$48.99?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
coll Ulf Andersen  
The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction 2020-10-20 Neil Gaiman HarperAudio 978-0-06-303188-3
$55.90?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
coll Ulf Andersen Checkmark
The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction 2020-11-10 Neil Gaiman HarperLuxe 978-0-06-303238-5
$42.00?$: US dollar
608
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Ulf Andersen  
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances 2021-01-00 Neil Gaiman William Morrow / HarperCollins 978-0-06-305204-8
$7.99?$: US dollar
384
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Robert McGinnis  
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances 2021-08-24 Neil Gaiman William Morrow / HarperCollins 978-0-06-307576-4
$16.99?$: US dollar
368
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Henry Sene Yee  
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six date unknown ed. Ellen Datlow Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-503-2
$15.99?$: US dollar
l+
397
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Pierre Droal Checkmark
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances date unknown Neil Gaiman HarperAudio      
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
coll Checkmark
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