Vast Water LLC · Independent publishing
Every story
has a depth.
Nine imprints, one body of water. We start on the shore and go all the way down to the dark.
Descend
The waterline · Flagship
Vast Water
The flagship list. Where a book that belongs to no single current still belongs to us.
- General fiction
- Literary works
- Nonfiction
- Memoir
- Business
- Personal development
The shallows · Children's
Shoreline Kids
Warm, bright and knee-deep. Books for readers who are still finding out what a book can do.
- Picture books
- Early readers
- Middle grade
- Family stories
- Educational
- Childhood adventures
The surface · Inspiration
Blue Horizon
Look up and look out. Books about who you could become and what you could build next.
- Self-improvement
- Wellness
- Leadership
- Business
- Motivational
- Future-focused ideas
Open water · New voices
Open Sea
No chart, no shoreline. First books, strange books, and the ones that don't have a shelf yet.
- Unique concepts
- Genre-blending
- Emerging authors
- Unconventional stories
- Creative projects
The break · Action & thrillers
Tidal Wave
Momentum you can't out-swim. Books you finish in one sitting and think about for a week.
- Action
- Adventure
- Suspense
- Military thrillers
- Survival fiction
- Page-turners
The pull · Comedy & satire
Rip Current
Comedy that takes you sideways. Satire, essays and novels with a wicked undertow.
- Comedy novels
- Humorous fiction
- Satire
- Essays
- Stories built to surprise
The drift · Literary
Deep Current
Slow, cold and enormously strong. The books that move you without ever announcing it.
- Literary fiction
- Serious nonfiction
- Philosophy
- Cultural commentary
- Deeper themes
The reef · Young adult & fantasy
Coral Cove
Color in the dark. Invented worlds, first loves, and the long climb toward yourself.
- YA fiction
- Fantasy
- Coming-of-age
- Imaginative worlds
- Romance
- Adventure
The bottom · Dark romance
Seafloor
No light reaches here, and that is the point. Our darkest, most intense fiction.
- Dark romance
- Gothic fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Romantic suspense
- Darker fantasy
- Emotionally intense
4,000 metres down
You've reached the bottom.
Now — pick your depth.
Every book we publish, from the shallows of Shoreline Kids down to the dark of Seafloor. Browse the full shelf by imprint.