Unsettling tales from the Australian landscape and beyond. A surfer becomes horrifyingly one with the sea. A new mother faces a devastating search for belonging. A stone gargoyle harbors a violent history. A fisher boy discovers the real cost of forbidden love. A farmer's delight at drought-breaking rain turns to terror. A rock star manifests double trouble. A young girl makes a chilling sacrifice for justice. An ex-cop holds a dirtier secret. A mayor seeks a solution to rid her city of the homeless. From the Outback to the Pacific, Tasmania, dystopian futures, and suburbia, Coralesque and Other Tales to Disturb and Distract journeys into unsettling, unforgiving, and unforgettable territory. For readers who enjoy dark, genre-bending speculative fiction with a distinctly Australian flavor.