By the Dark o' the Moon

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Fantasy Thriller, Mythology, Slow Burn, Historical, and Novels

Trigger Warnings

Death, Abuse, Sex, Profanity, and Violence

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Sep 1, 2025

Page Length

411 pages

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By the Dark o' the Moon

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Blurb

A grounded historical fantasy of rumrunners, lobstermen, and selkies in Prohibition-era Maine.

In 1927, with Prohibition luring Maine lobstermen to smuggle liquor under moonlight, a merciless rumrunner steals a selkie’s child one night from the storm-ravaged rocks. To reclaim her child’s sealskin and return to the sea, Aaelene must place her trust in the unlikeliest of allies: the rumrunner’s apprentice, a young man torn between loyalty and conscience.

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Genres

Fantasy Thriller, Mythology, Slow Burn, Historical, and Novels

Trigger Warnings

Death, Abuse, Sex, Profanity, and Violence

Type of Ending

Series

Not part of a series

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Goodreads, Amazon, BookBub, Barnes & Noble, Google Play, or Apple Books

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100

Number of days to read

Publication Date

Sep 1, 2025

Page Length

411 pages

Available Formats

ePub

Author

K. Stephens is an award-winning Maine journalist whose debut lobstering novel, The Ghost Trap, (Leapfrog Press, 2009) was adapted into an independent feature film in 2024. The book was re-released with a new film cover in 2024 and the film won three awards for "Best Feature."

Of Irish descent, Stephens traveled throughout Ireland, Scotland, and England to collect selkie folklore from libraries, shops, and storytellers—taking ten years to write her latest novel, By the Dark o' the Moon. The novel launched on September 1, 2025. She resides in Midcoast Maine.

Publisher

Maine Authors Publishing