Exclusive First Look: Estuary: A Ghost Story #2 Dives Deeper Into Its Haunting

A first look at the second issue of Estuary: A Ghost Story

Mar 26, 2026

COVER A by Maan House. All Images Courtesy of Oni Press

Underwater horror has always been one of the most effective kinds of fear. Maybe it comes from the influence of eldritch monsters like Cthulhu. Perhaps it’s just a general sense of dread of what lies below. Fear of the unknown is something innately human. Fear of what lies beneath is… something else.

Oni Press’ Estuary begins by leaning into that unease. From Tim Daniel and David “D. B.” Andry (Crush Depth, Morning Star), along with artwork by Maan House (Mine is a Long Lonesome Grave), Estuary: A Ghost Story #2 is a personal story mixing horror and personal history.

You’ve got Maris, a deep-diving marine archaeologist who’s clearly in over her head in this work-for-hire gig, along with Hunter, the flirty, larger-than-life boat captain. What starts as a routine dive turns into something ghastly. Something dangerous, something haunted, and something else entirely.

Here’s the synopsis courtesy of Oni’s Press Release, along with our exclusive first look at the book’s first few pages.

As Maris recovers from her first encounter with the ghosts that haunt the waves in the waters beneath the Mission at Point Arbués, her new team fills her in on the stories of unusual occurrences that have plagued its halls for decades... and the legend of the lost treasure supposedly tied to the spectral entity called the Lady in Lace.

As she searches for answers within the church, she learns a shocking truth about the nun who hired her and about her own connections to the mission . . .