By The Dark O' The Moon by Kay Stephens

By The Dark O' The Moon

Book/Manuscript · Historical · 396 pages

In 1927, Maine is under Prohibition and lobstermen are outlaws. A magical selkie whose child was captured by a Maine rum runner must overcome her revulsion of humankind and put her faith in one man--the rum-runner's apprentice--in order to find her child's stolen seal skin and return to the sea.

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Quarterfinalist, ScreenCraft Cinematic Book Competition 2022

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Kay Stephens

Northport, Maine

Gen X and finally getting past the "whatever" stage... Kay sold her first screenplay The Ghost Trap (based on her 2009 novel) in 2018. She was additionally hired to adapt the book into a script. The film premiered at The RiverRun Film Festival in April, 2024 and is set to be released nationally in November, 2024. Her late-in-life success prompted...

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I've adapted this novel into a screenplay and am looking for representation from a literary agency with book-to-film expertise.