The Vessel

Music. Dancing. Fireworks. Childbirth. These are just a few things that vanished from a small fishing village after a massive tidal wave crushed the local elementary school, washing forty-six children out to sea. Father Douglas Wood urges the grief-stricken mothers to have more children, but they refuse, locked in a state of perpetual mourning. Until one night when a local young man named Leo slips off the pier and drowns, only to mysteriously awaken three hours later. “Could this be a sign from God?” the townspeople start to wonder. For the first time in years, Father Douglas sees a glimmer of hope in their eyes. But then as if compelled by some inner force, Leo assembles a crude structure in his front yard from the remains of the destroyed school, igniting a storm of confusion and passion that will change the town forever.