My Side of the Ocean by Shelby Driscoll Salemi is the thesis submitted in partial satisfaction of Master of Fine Arts in Writing at the University of California San Diego, 2018, to Professor Anna Joy Springer, Chair. In investigation of the genre possibilities of ‘ecohorror,’ My Side of the Ocean is a speculative novella which explores environmental and social themes. The protagonist of this novella, Beth, narrates a nightmarish time in her family history.