Bark Island

Bark Island is an islet in County Cork, Ireland. Maybe the islet floats like a broken jaw in the Atlantic, throwing stones at Cork boats until they drown. Perhaps the island is the throat of a drowned god, and every storm is it swallowing the coast whole. Imagine rowing past at midnight: the water goes quiet, the hull rings like a bell, and something under the green deck presses up through the planks to taste the living.