How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub

An entertaining story set in the Victorian-era, about an ambitious man who wants to quickly rise in his station. To achieve that, he pays for and receives the egg of a Kraken. When it hatches, it proves to have a voracious appetite, which leads to disaster when it eventually escapes. Tied up in the story is a backstory about a non-European bandit who has a submersible who wants to throw off the yoke of imperialism, and the enslavement of mermen.

This short story can be read here: www.uncannymagazine.com/article/how-to-raise-a-kraken-in-your-bathtub/

This is a story that focuses on Trevor, an unlikeable "man of ambition" who spends all his money on a get rich quick venture on a kraken egg while he tries to keep his marriage together. In the background, there's a good bit of colonialism, some racism against mermen, and a Jules Verne-esque metal submarine perpetrating attacks on the empire. The kraken egg is (as you might expect) a con, but it's not the the con that I expected. This was a lot of fun.

There's also some interesting author notes here: disgruntledharadrim.com/2023/01/10/how-to-raise-a-kraken-in-your-bathtub-new-fiction-for-2023/