The Empty Ones, by Vivian Shaw
The Sea Witch is not one of the biggest boats in the Bering fleet, but it’s been around almost as long as the real stars, the big-name boats that people outside this little, hyperfocused, horrible, thrilling world pay attention to. People try to nickname her Ursula from time to time, but it never sticks, and—weirdly enough—the guys who insist on calling the Witch by that particular name don’t seem to do so great in terms of cash or keeping jobs. People up here remember things.
