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Collaborative works, long-form and short stories.
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We all fancy our Characters as being 'one of the best' and so in the era, ballads would be written about legends, like the 'Ballad of Captain Ward' 'The Ballad of Captain Kidd', and Blackbeard's Death Ballad. I figured anyone is entitled to one, so Why not write one for yourself? That being said, here is mine, if you have one for your character, please share, and if not, at least tell me what you think of mine... It tells the Story of Commodore Greyhound. ( I wrote it in the format of the Ballad of William Kidd, but it is ALL ORIGONAL The Ballad of the Red Gentleman My name is Ol' Greyhound, As I sail, As I sail, My name is Ol' Greyhound, As I sail, My name is Ol'…
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This tale started its life over on the Pirates Magazine forums as part of a collaborative story in which I was/am participating. While writing it, however, it kind of took on a life of its own, and I am attempting to adapt it into its own, stand-alone narrative. Let me know what you think! HEART OF GOLD A Novel of High Seas Pyracy By Michael Sheridan Prologue Somewhere off the coast of Cuba... The squall had come out of nowhere. Hurricane winds and stinging rain, falling in sheets rather than drops, battered the hands near death as they struggled to take in sail and keep the ship head-on to the waves. Up they climbed, into the w…
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One Eyed Trollop Golden Age of Piracy Island of Bermuda, St. George 1713 Part 1 of 3 Riet is the last person you thought you would encounter in the taproom of “The Frog and Onion” tavern. She looks the same, tall, blonde, beautiful with a thick Dutch accent and missing her right eye. A well known spy, harlot and poisoner. One-eye Riet’s first husband was a Lutheran Pastor from Copenhagen she made a cuckold with the entire parish. Her second husband was a Spanish Pirate Chief she turned over to the French governor of St. Kitts. Last you had heard Riet had pleaded her belly to avoid hanging in the colony of Charles Towne after being caught selling strategic information to…
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I dance from plank to plank across an old wooden pier, beneath My sandaled feet, the ocean's restless waters, reach out to greet me. So soon have I arrived. Spindrift, you are my wooden masted beauty. My eyes drink in this scene of tranquility. Wraithy whispers, Evoke such a feeling of haunting delights in My Soul! Down this Familiar Path, I must travel alone. My memoirs were written down on the parchment that was left to wither. Beaten by times wrath, my mind finds comfort in an old mariners tale. Spindrift, speak again!, the soft evening breeze caresses your sails, Whispers of the wind, Moon, she gazes down upon my tranqual bay. Softly rocking, loyal compa…
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Do you remember those "Choose your own adventure books"? You would read a story and then get a choice of what happens next. I got something similar you might enjoy. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jibs-Tales-of-Adventure-Exploration-and-Debauchery/212579662151879
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I have been enjoying reading all the works for the current stories, and I will probably look into joining the current PR storyline, but I have a fantasy/steam punk urge that I like in my writing style. With that in mind I noticed that there was no fantasy or steam punk based stories currently going on. More historical based fiction. If you would be interested in beginning a role-play adventure set during Victorian times, with a Steam punk flair, please post and let me know. If there is enough interest I will create a setting background and we can begin working on characters. I was not sure if this thread belong in the Skull and Quill section or back in Airship Pirates…
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Alligator River, North Carolina, 1698 The rythmic dip.....dip......dip of the oars was interrupted only by the creak of the oarlocks on the dinghy. Two long canvas bundles lay across the thwarts on the boat. Sitting in the stern, a single match flared giving a burst of light to an otherwise moonless night. The passenger looked at the oarsmen instantly and found only pale eyes staring back at him. The blind man continued the pull, rowing the craft further into the swamp. The man felt the bundles, 'Still warm' he thought to himself. He prodded the canvas until he felt a wet spot. Dragging his hand across the wraps of rope, he felt the spot slowly growing. He look…
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Here are the first two chapters of my new short novel. I'd be very interested to see if anyone likes it or wants more. The whole novel is complete, but I'm hoping to publish it or in some way market it.
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chapter 1 - the stow away the life of a mouse is seldom a long, or happy one, unless you happen to be me. i live aboard a pirate ship, but i'm getting ahead of my story. my name is thomas and i was born a humble field mouse. i had the misfortune, or rather the good fortune, of stowing away in a barrel of apples. stowing away in that barrel would change my life forever. the barrel was bound for the sea witch, a fine pirate ship, and my soon to be new home. the barrel, and i, traveled by wagon to the port where the sea witch was docked. I nibbled a large hole in one apple, in that barrel, and i crawled inside that apple to rest. while i was resting, someone decided to r…
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COPYRIGHTS: All characters here and mentioned in future are copyrighted and are used with the express permission only of RANDOMHOUSE Publishing. Welcome mates to a litle tale of a fish out of water. This particular story will fall on yer ears in a few episodes, not quite sure how many as if yet but just how worth it ye find it to spend your time with this assortmant of ner'do wells will surely have a hand in it. Now, to be fair I have to admit that I m'self find this first chapter a bit (yawn) slow but it's been awhile since I put ink to paper so (chuckle) I promise the pace will quicken. Oh and feel free to comment if you like... it will give me the notion as …
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Ahoy, fellow Pirates, privateers and buccaneers (or dreamers, like me!). I have been lurking around this forum for quite some time now, and have finally got the courage to join as a member, and to begin posting. For a few years, I have been working on a novel based loosely on what we know of Anne Bonny. No title yet, it will come in time. In the mean time, I would like to humbly offer my prologue and my first chapter for dissection, opinion and advice to you all. I know I need to work on period language, clothing etc, and I will. Please kindly enjoy, and let me know what you think. Warmest regards to you all, Jacqui. ---- PROLOUGE The waves grew around her, cras…
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Maybe one of my primary skills is to pattern (or talking big?), I think that is a good skill for an old pirate like me. You know, the looting ships business is more for younger lads, telling the tales is more appropriate for riper dudes. Unfortunately I am not a native english speaker. A few days ago I started to renovate me a chest (or a locker) to use it at future pirate encampments. While I was thinking how to alter an old wooden locker to my new needs I started to spin a backstory of this locker, how I got it, who the prepossessor was etc. And suddenly a muse was kind enough to me to make up a really nice story (at least I believe so). Now I would need a little hel…
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'Hoy, good friends. Let me first start off with some small talk. I'm very familiar and experienced with all sorts of role playing, but I'm not quite known with this forum's policy, even though I've read the guidelines o'course So beggin' yer pardon in avance if I do anything wrong - I'll buy ye a drink if I do Now then, I'd like to start off with a type of roleplaying I happen te prefer most. The story The Aqua Vitae: for so long mankind has been intrigued by this mythical drink that would give whoever drinks it eternal life. But it was nothing more than a myth, a fairytale, a dream. Until fairly recently. A 'new' island appears to have rosen from the sea, and people…
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The Rescue of Jack Roberts A little short film I wrote and shot 10 years ago. I figured it was an appropriate time to repost it. Enjoy!
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This is a pirate roleplay set during the 1660s in the carribbean, anyone is welcome to participate, that being said, Here is the begining. Shadows danced accross the rooftops of Santiago, yet there was little light to cast them, as no moon hung in the sky. A Black shape pulled into the harbor and dropped anchor, a longboat was launched, when it arrived on shore, a tall figure standing at the bow walked into the nearest tavern, not even waiting for his men to fallow. He drew his cutlass, kicked open the door and bellowed "Where is that dog El Torro! He betrayed me to the dons and I shall have his head for it!"
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okay so when I put my pirate uniform together, I decided to write a story about each piece of it, to kind of give the character more depth. So, here I go
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T’was a time not so long ago that I, Seamus the Unlucky, was Captain of me own ship, the ‘Wolfhound’. Despite a near spotless record of boardin’ an’ raidin’, the ‘Wolfhound’ had eventually been sunk after a bungled mess of a raid on a small port town that will remain unnamed, tank ye very much. This bit of bad luck left me with few options as ta findin’ gainful employment and I was convinced that despite the successes I’d once had, piratein’ weren’t fer me. I have since that day been the cook at the “Itchy Crab” Tavern here in a port where tankfully, no one knew me name. So there I be, mixin’ up a particularly savory batch of me gruel when I hears me a ruckus comin…
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I wrote this short story for my mother, a teacher of mathematics, who asked me to write a ghost story about numbers. I did - but of course, I couldn't resist including pirates in it too.
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Hi this is world of my Pirate setting which I need help with, this world has Six Seas and has a Caribbean, now D&D states when creating a world start small I'm taking the Island of Cuba and during so the Z shape Island which currently on it's side so it will be like when you write the letter Z. Isla De Juventud will turned to were the harbor will be in 3:00 postion on a clock. The Bermuda Island will be turned up side down and placed under Cuba Island were it's in our world it's above, Oswald Octavius: He is one the main characters of my setting his Noble family fell on hard times and had to go into service to the Butterscotch family a neva rich Merchant family, Th…
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Steam Attacker Memories of the War of 1895 By Hagen Luke As told to Stephen Sanders Chapter I This is my first attempt to ever write a book, memoir, or anything much more than a letter to a family member or friend. I did try to write a love poem once to a girl but I was ten at the time and the resulting piece, which to my eyes was a work of great art, caused little more than a giggle. Im not trying to write great literature here; Im just trying to record the events of my time. This is a journal, not a novel. Plato was the first to say that necessity was the mother of invention. If that be the case, then survival is most definitely inventions…
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I haven't gotten much feedback on this elsewhere, but now that I'm back here, this seems like the perfect place for it. He awoke, bleary eyed, to the sound of the ships bell ringing. Lying in his hammock, his eyes focused upon the wood planking above him. "Welcome to the waking world, Jack." To his right, his friend Colton was sitting on his sea chest, slipping on his boots. His boarding axe was sitting next to him. "Not exactly nice to be here." he replied groggily. Colton laughed a bit, "Too much rum last night?" "No such thing" he insisted, as a faint smile flashed across his face. "You've picked a fine day to sleep late!" Martin said, chastising Jack as he appr…
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Hi folks I need help with my Piratical Parody setting, a world inspired by Monkey Island series and Discworld. I need to create a world with Six Seas, the Pirates are based on the Golden Age of Piracy. Port Lucre is based on a Port Royal that never had the earthquake that destroyed that city, a world with a Caribbean, Should I like Discworld have a 21th Century Golden Age of Piracy setting.?, The Island of Cuba is were Port Lucre in main harbor area, LW
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Hey everyone, I haven't been online in a while, mostly because of finals and a brain tumor, but now i'm back. I've been working on a story that i hope to publish someday, Wrath of the Past. It's a story about pirates, but not the usual seafaring robbers we've come to love. It's a story about air pirates. I'm only on page 70-something right now, but I'm working on it as I type. For a quick synopsis: The world has been destroyed by nuclear warfare, and a dismal layer of cloud has settled on the war-ravaged lands, known as the Cloud Ocean. With the mountaintops as islands, people continue to live, trade, and sail on airships, some more lawful than others. When a pirate shi…
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Me be settin' thee record straight! Captain Deville who possesses an almost supernatural ability to consume massive amounts of rum and yet in an instant have a clear and sharp mind....is on deck enjoying a pleasant afternoon of rum drinking....suddenly the hair on the back of his neck stands up and he sniffs the air...." Aye me be smellin' sushi thar' must be Ninja afoot".....Out of the corner of his eye he sees one climb over the rail and come at him.....Deville quickly raises his pistol firing a shot into the Ninjas head...brains and chunks of bone being blown out the back of it....a flock of gulls descend upon the corpse pecking and feasting....a second Ninja drops fr…
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I haven't gotten much feedback on this elsewhere, but now that I'm back here, this seems like the perfect place for it. He awoke, bleary eyed, to the sound of the ships bell ringing. Lying in his hammock, his eyes focused upon the wood planking above him. "Welcome to the waking world, Jack." To his right, his friend Colton was sitting on his sea chest, slipping on his boots. His boarding axe was sitting next to him. "Not exactly nice to be here." he replied groggily. Colton laughed a bit, "Too much rum last night?" "No such thing" he insisted, as a faint smile flashed across his face. "You've picked a fine day to sleep late!" Martin said, chastising Jack as he appr…
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