The Squid’s Tale
By Omen Thomas Sade
There are three forces irresistible, That move our moving world: the first is love, That unknown tide that drives us through the sea, The need to hunt, which keeps us on the chase, And death’s embrace, to whom all must submit.
There are three forces irresistible, That move our moving world: the first is love, That unknown tide that drives us through the sea, The need to hunt, which keeps us on the chase, And death’s embrace, to whom all must submit.
Salon reading of The Squid’s Tale at Cumstoun House, Scotland.
“Good Squidlings all! Float Close and hear my Tale…”
What if Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea were told from the perspective of the Giant Squid who attacks the Nautilus in chapter 18?
This is the question The Squid’s Tale answers through Shakespearean verse and tragic-clown performance. Tasked with understanding, and stopping if need be, the new human threat that lurks beneath the waves, our cephalopod hero crosses the oceans of the globe, learns the ways of man, and perhaps becomes too enamored of his prey…
A Squid’s eye view of the world of Man and the Dry Unknown.
“But hear me now you porpoises and whales!”
🎙️ The Squid’s Tale Radio Play 🎙️
Immerse yourself in the world beneath the waves with this audio presentation of The Squid’s Tale by Omen Thomas Sade, adapted from Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.
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