- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 168
- ISBN
- 978-1-951971-22-9
- Price
- $18
- Publication Date
- October 7, 2025
Vampires at Sea
Lindsay Merbaum
Immortal beloveds Rebekah and Hugh are on vacation! Against a backdrop of ongoing war, this pair of chic emotional vampires from San Francisco sets off on a queer Black Sea Cruise, eager to relax, join an orgy, and feast upon their fellow passengers’ desires and sorrows. When Hugh becomes enchanted by an alluring–and possibly magical–nonbinary social media influencer named Heaven, Rebekah’s reality capsizes, and her true nature is unleashed.
A smutty horror-comedy featuring unbridled narcissism, Vampires at Sea is a hilarious snack!
Praise for Vampires at Sea
“‘The ocean! Europe! Horny lonely people!’ Vampires at Sea is smart, sexy, and wickedly fun. Merbaum delivers a story of insatiable appetites and fierce desires—a velvet-clad romp through queer love and longing.” —Elizabeth Gonzalez James, author of The Bullet Swallower
“Imagine the seductive vampires of Only Lovers Left Alive taking a decadent pleasure cruise worthy of The White Lotus, and you’ll have some idea of the voluptuous literary delights awaiting you in Vampires at Sea. Merbaum’s glamorous creatures may drain people’s energy, but this book gave me life.” —Layne Fargo, author of The Favorites and They Never Learn
“As I read Vampires at Sea, I kept thinking of The Hunger (1983), of how ancient immortals Miriam and John Blaylock (played by Catherine Deneuve and David Bowie) might handle being dropped aboard a queer bacchanalian cruise in the shape-shifting Instagram era. In this campy, sexy, fast-paced novella, Merbaum employs the monstrous to deftly explore the tension between the age-old and the ultra-now.” —Jen Fawkes, author of Daughters of Chaos
“A deliciously dark cocktail of eternal romance, sensuous prose, and deep intrigue. Vampires at Sea is hilarious-horror, strikingly wise, and erotically charged. Lindsay Merbaum delivers a fangs-out, inventive voyage in this addictive, gorgeous novella. Dive in!” —Margot Douaihy, USA Today bestselling author of Scorched Grace and Blessed Water
“Lindsay Merbaum’s delicious new novella is Carmilla meets True Blood with a dash of Polysecure. Saucy, slavering, over-the-top, queer, Vampires at Sea serves up one hilarity after the next while bearing its tender, succ-succ-succulent heart on its sleeve, right where the pulse beats brightest. Tantalizing. Do you have teeth? You know what to do.” —Megan Milks, author of Margaret and the Mystery of the Missing Body and Slug and Other Stories
“Go overboard with these surprising and sultry creatures on a smutty cruise ship adventure you won't soon forget. This deep dive into a monstrous excursion of sex and self-exploration will amuse and delight.” —Sassafras Patterale (Lowrey), author of Lost Boi, Roving Pack, and A Little Queermas Carol
