As someone who has a sister with thalassophobia when I talked her about it what she always described was being surrounded by a vast empty darkness not knowing which way as up or down and not knowing what was in there with her the way she described it as filled me with a certain "something" that I still can't quite describe but am constantly thinking about.
Then I learned about cosmic horror a genre that deeply fascinated me and filled me with that same "something" and oh so much more.
Then I found out about Soulcreek and here we are.
Anyway I deeply enjoyed the story so far and am anxiously waiting for future updates.