Jonah Watch (22 page)

Jack Cady (1932-2004) won the Atlantic Monthly "First" award in 1965 for his story, "The Burning." He continued writing and authored nearly a dozen novels, one book of critical analysis of American literature, and more than fifty short stories. Over the course of his literary career, he won the Iowa Prize for Short Fiction, the National Literary Anthology Award, the Washington State Governor's Award, the Nebula Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and the World Fantasy Award.

Prior to a lengthy career in education, Jack worked as a tree high climber, a Coast Guard seaman, an auctioneer, and a long-distance truck driver. He held teaching positions at the University of Washington, Clarion College, Knox College, the University of Alaska at Sitka, and Pacific Lutheran University. He spent many years living in Port Townsend, Washington.

Resurrection House, through its Underland Press imprint, is publishing a comprehensive retrospective of his work in a project called
The Cady Collection.

Novels

The Hauntings of Hood Canal

Inagehi

The Jonah Watch

McDowell's Ghost

The Man Who Could Make Things Vanish

The Off Season

Singleton

Street

Dark Dreaming
[with Carol Orlock, as Pat Franklin]

Embrace of the Wolf
[with Carol Orlock, as Pat Franklin]

Other Writings

Phantoms

Fathoms

Ephemera

The American Writer

"Jack Cady, former Coast Guardsman, writes with authority about the sense of mystery and unreality, the mixed emotions and the abrasive relationships that exist among the crew of the cutter ... The mood of the sea in intense."

—Seattle Times

"Fascinating ... vividly written ... highly recommended."

—Library Journal

"A hard-edged narrative that conceals within its intricate voice the imminence of the supernatural ... "

—Tulsa World

" An exceptional writer."

—Joyce Carol Oates

"A writer of great, unmistakable integrity and profound feeling."

—Peter Straub

"[Jack Cady is] a lasting voice in modern American literature."

—Atlanta Constitution

The Jonah Watch
is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author's imagination or are used in an absolutely fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons—living or dead—is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2014 The Estate of Jack Cady

All rights reserved, which means that no portion of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the express written permission of the publisher.

This is U016, and the ebook ISBN is 
978-1-63023-021-0.

This book was printed in the United States of America, and it is published by Underland Press, an imprint of Resurrection House (Puyallup, WA).

And we shall speak of the weight of belief ...

Cover Design by Jennifer Tough

Book Design by Aaron Leis

Collection Editorial Direction by Mark Teppo

The original hardback edition of this book was released by Arbor House in 1981. "Small Ships ... " originally appeared in the
U. S. Coast Guard
magazine in 1956. "Handsprings in the Sea" originally appeared in
The Skipper
magazine. "A Sailor's Pay" appeared in
Final Shadows
, an anthology released by Doubleday in 1991. "A Sailor's Pay," "Handsprings in the Sea," and "Small Ships ... " are © the Estate of Jack Cady.

First Underland Press edition: September 2014.

www.resurrectionhouse.com