Ishmael in Love: A Short Story

A lonely dolphin narrates this touching tale of interspecies love from the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author of Needle in a Timestack.

Meet Ishmael. He's a bottle-nosed dolphin employed at a seawater recovery station on St. Croix. He's the foreman of the Intake Maintenance Squad, which means he and his team clear the intake valves of obstructions like starfish or algae. He works hard for his wages of fish and is highly educated. He's also in love—with a human.

Lisabeth Calkins is ...