The Boats of the "Glen Carrig"

In 1757 a seasoned sailor recounts to his son the harrowing aftermath of the Glen Carrig’s wreck on an unseen rock in a remote southern sea. The narrative begins with the crew’s desperate escape in small boats, drifting aimlessly until a faint shape on the horizon hints at land. Their hope is fragile, yet they press on, only to discover a vast, unnaturally flat coastline that defies any familiar map.

Beyond the shore lies a bleak plain of endless mud and stunted, strange trees whose drooping, cabbage‑like tips seem to sigh under their own weight. The silence is absolute—no birds, no waves, no rustle—creating a sense of profound loneliness that pervades every mile. As the oars grind through the fetid water, the sailors confront an alien wilderness that feels more like a nightmare than a natural world.