"The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea" is a 2024science fiction short story byNaomi Kritzer. It was first published inAsimov's Science Fiction.
Fifteen years after her scientific career ended abruptly when all her research data into communication ingray seals was lost, Morgan and her husband Stuart move to the smallCape Cod town of Finstowe, where the legend of theselkie plays an outsize role in local culture.
"The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea" won the 2025Hugo Award for Best Novelette.[1]
InLocus,A. C. Wise described it as "smoothly written".[2]