Lightning lashes the Shimmer open — leading to an ocean of time. The White Sea of Whens.
Time is a shimmer. A veil between what was and what could be.
An upmarket speculative debut that moves between the morgue and the horizon. Part mystery-thriller, part eco-gothic, part modern myth. For readers of The Ministry of Time, The Starless Sea, Remarkably Bright Creatures, Piranesi, and The Shining Girls.
Every geomagnetic storm in The Shimmer is drawn from a real event. Fieldnotes, source data, and how each one found its way into the book — soon to be serialized on Shimmerings.
All photographs © Kim V. Garvey
View all →A modern tale of the ancient jinn — standalone, contemporary, wry.
A second book set in the world of The Shimmer. Further into the veil.
I'm a researcher and technologist with publications in academic journals, writing at the intersection of death, grief, and edge science — building new worlds that could be.
I grew up between the Jersey Shore and Siesta Key, Florida. My world is weather, tides, and endless horizons. On occasion, when the moon is full, the Gulf tells me its secrets.
My hope is that the books offer a grounded escape from the darker places life brings, and good company for the lost and hurting.
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Dispatches from the tideline — notes on time, grief, myth, and the science at the edge of the real.
An outtake from the world of The Shimmer — an ancient sea turtle's first crossing into the ocean of time.