Oyster Bay Boogaloo

By Eric Wilder

The tides of January are rising, and on Oyster Island, the spirits always collect their debts

On a stormy Gulf island where rum-driven dreams and ancient magic collide, two hard-drinking former soldiers and a half-drowned oceanographer must choose whether to burn a singing reef that spits out bones and prophecies, or let the Horned Serpent rising beneath it swallow everyone they love before the January tides reach their peak.

Oyster Island, a forgotten speck off the Louisiana coast, has always belonged more to the Gulf than to any map. Alex Pavlovic, a former Russian army officer, is just days away from firing up the resurrected Baptiste distillery when a freak storm washes a woman ashore, along with a warning written in a mirage in the sky: Beware the tides of January that carry both good and evil. You must choose, and the wrong choice leads to a horrible death.

Some choices lead to worse outcomes than drowning, and on Oyster Island, the Gulf and the spirits trapped beneath it always collect their debts.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1946576271
• ISBN13: 9781946576279
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Gondwana Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"