“There was something under the water.
“Something huge.”
A damp, musty smell of water permeates the entire town, and the people are somehow menacing and suspicious.
A story of faith and love that begins with the death of a family member.

Author Bae Ye-ram, who creates a new world on top of reality with her meticulous imagination and excellent descriptions, has published her new work, "You Will Be Under the Water," as part of Wisdom House's short story series, Wipick.
Sujin, who has been a loner and unable to socialize with others her entire life, returns to Seori, a lakeside village where fog is always thick even on clear days, after hearing the news of her aunt's suicide.
Seori is a strange village that worships a giant, magical fish as its guardian deity, and Sujin spent three years of her childhood in Seori with her aunt.
Sujin tries to fulfill her aunt's last wish to be buried under the lake, but the village head tries to drive her out as an outsider, and the villagers prepare a mysterious ritual without Sujin's knowledge.

In the middle of the village, on the Seo-eo Lake, which gives off a musty fishy smell, there is a pavilion that can only be accessed by boat, without a bridge to the mainland.
And one day, a ferry heading to the pavilion departs from Seo-eo-ho.
With the help of fellow outsider Taehyun, Sujin gradually gets closer to uncovering the village's secrets, and discovers a giant shadow under the water.
Where is my aunt?
What is happening in Surrey?


In her author's note, author Bae Ye-ram says, "I wanted to write about the feeling of believing in something."
As the saying goes, this dark and damp novel, "He Will Be Under the Water," is clearly a story about faith and love.
Sujin, who has lived her life shutting herself away and running away from people, grows through the loss of her aunt, learns to trust others, and realizes that she is no longer “alone.”

50 stories in 50 books in one year
A special experience that allows you to breathe deeply into 'a single story'

Beginning in November 2022, Wisdom House will be introducing the most diverse and newest stories of Korean literature, one per week, through its short story serial project, "Weekly Fiction."
The series is released every Wednesday through the Wisdom House website and newsletter 'We Pick'.
Beginning with author Koo Byeong-mo's "Shred," 50 stories will be released to readers over the course of a year.
The Wepick series publishes novels that have finished serialization in this way sequentially.
The first five stories will be released on March 8th, and four stories will be published every second Wednesday of the month thereafter, creating a festival of 50 stories throughout the year.
This time, rather than the conventional method of binding together several short stories, the book is composed of only one short story, an unusual attempt that provides readers with a special experience of breathing deeply into each story.
Wepick is not bound by any criteria or distinctions such as material or format, and focuses solely on the completeness of a single story.
Through novels by a variety of authors, including novelists, non-fiction writers, poets, and youth literature writers, we break down genres and boundaries, expanding the possibilities and enjoyment of stories.

There is also a special gift inside the book.
This is a supplementary poster titled 'One Novel', which contains an entire novel on one poster.
A single novel offers readers the special experience of encountering a story in a new way.

Introducing the Wepick Series

WEFIC is a short story series from Wisdom House.
It offers a special experience of breathing deeply into ‘one story’.
I dream that this small piece will become a new piece that expands your world, that each small piece will come together to become your story, and that it will become a piece of literature that will be deeply engraved in your heart.