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• The Boot Leg

  by brian w 23 days ago

  “Listen, I realize ya feel the need to fly back to yar friends for support,” said the Captain slurping the head off his fresh…

• Jamaica Before Vanishing

  by Jason Gruber 25 days ago

  “I’m sorry to see you here, Jack, but if you’d fought like a man, you needn’t be hanged like a dog.”

  Anne couldn’t quite kee…

• Seek the Dawn: [Part 2] Topsy-Turvy

  by Teblyn Ledrios 3 months ago

  It all started upside down. The rocking of the ship had tossed him in the night, but somehow he’d slept through it. He woke w…

• Seek the Dawn: [Part 3] Awaken

  by Teblyn Ledrios 3 months ago

  Everything hurt. But nothing pained her so much as her head. Carefully, she reached up to touch the back of her head. She was…

• Deep Space Disaster: Surprise Attack

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 4 months ago

  3 hours, 50 lbs of potatoes later…
  Spuddy, looks like you’re my only friend; no one seems to understand me…

  Lars!

  Com…

• Pirates!

  by smarty101 5 months ago

  I grasped the handle of my cutlass tightly. I knew someone was just around the corner. I sensed it. I held my breath as I cam…

• Of Cutlass and Katana

  by stevenpaulr 5 months ago

  It was a clear night with a full moon. The light was enough that we could make out every detail of the ship. I’m still not su…

• How You Look At It: A Cabin Boy's Tale [Mask By The Moon's Challenge]

  by THX 0477 7 months ago

  Young Gregory sat on the poop deck railing and watched the small land mass drift by. He knew that the ship was, in fact, doin…

• A Pirate's Life Is Anything But Easy

  by Ana Cristina 7 months ago

  While Bertha went back into the kitchen, the men took over the nursing duties. The two men killed during the fight, Pat Hewes…

• Casey Williams, pirate son of the pirate James Williams

  by Ana Cristina 7 months ago

  After they had left the room I sat on the edge of the bed, careful not to disturb my father. Barry sat down on the floor and …