Privateers Stories

The far future. Humanity has scattered throughout the stars across thousands of colonies and nomadic fleets. The enigmatic Captain Ora Rayder commands the pirate vessel Phoenix, leading a crew of disparate men and women who prescribe to one doctrine and one doctrine alone: you deserve only what you can take. When a shady group with an interest in one of her crew presents her with an offer she can't refuse, Captain Ora must go to the ends of the galaxy - quite literally - to protect herself, her crew, and their very existence.

A collection of stories of Savannah and her friends, told from her point of view.

Rose is sick, has always been sick, and oddly accepting of an inevitable death. After being admitted into hospital near to the due date, she asks her older brother James, a world renowned author, for a final bedtime story. The subject? Pirates. She may be accommodating to the idea of eternal slumber but her brother is in no way of a similar mentality. After a close call in the hospital, he steps out and wishes upon the first star he sees, as a desperate joke. However... It seems the world is full of magic. What happens when that wish comes true? Join Rose and James on an adventure of a lifetime, a chance at saving Rose...and meet a devilish rogue straight out of a fantasy world.

A Historical Flash Fiction collection. (100- 500 words) DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES - Stories about all this piratical. Also contained within: SAGEBRUSH SHOWDOWN- Stories involving the old west. OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS A Storytellers Saloon Selection If you are reading this story on any other platform other than Wattpad you are very likely to be at risk of a malware attack. If you wish to read this story in it's original, safe, form, please go to https://www.wattpad.com/story/64676627-dead-men-tell-no-tales. Thank you. ©All Rights Reserved by Author contained within Cover art by: Ruechari

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On opening night of the stage play, Perkins' Ghost, at the Astor Theatre, a shocking murder had occurred, leaving many residents of the sleepy hollow to suspect that the murderer might have been that of the ghost of Simeon Perkins. With virtually no clues to follow, apart from the unexplained sightings of a Perkins look-alike, clairvoyants, fortune cookies, intuitions and a seemingly odd connection between the murder or murderer and the Kings Orange Rangers. Sergeant Hill wondered if the murderer would ever be found. The little town of Liverpool, Nova Scotia, once booming with industry, had settled into itself. Ancient trees lined the streets, dappling patterns on the Colonial and Victorian homes. It was a quiet place, where retirees settled and where tourists went to soak up Canadian history or to sit alongside the Mersey River, watching as it glided by while listening to birds twittering in the trees. Nothing newsworthy had ever happened in Liverpool until a murder occurred.

An infamous pirate captured after sacrificing herself for the lives of her crew. Being the only person who knows where the Lost Treasure of the Thucia Empire is, she's put on the ship with the navy general of a small kingdom, forced to spend weeks isolated at sea. What's to happen when he learns that she's not as merciless as the news let on?

In the chaotic world of Zemlya, Pirates rule the four Mereas (seas), Celestial Blood controls the Government, The chosen are treated as Gods, mere Humans are trash/peasants, Deserters (Chosen who run away from their responsibility to live with humans) are becoming like the pirates themselves and causing problems for the world. Alethea Marie Cage's life long dream is to be normal, to be like everyone else. To be human, not to be worshiped as a goddess just because she is the daughter of one of the true kings of the chosen. And to top off all her problems she needs to find her mate who just so happens to be her high school bully, in order for her to become queen. Running from responsibility, marriage, and boring life all together. How will she survive in the big world on her own? Will she come back to save court from total chaos? Will the planet become a world with freedom to do whatever you please with little to no consequences? A world without some form of justice? Or will she live peacefully in the human domain just like her fellow deserters?

Most tests of speed end with a hefty sum for the victor and tears for the loser. But for the crew of The Queen Ripper and a couple of tagalongs, the path to winner's circle is paved in blood.

The Torrent is a metaphor for the rocky and unpredictable nature of life. Our main character Terrence sets out to sea in a time of bandits and pirates to realize the purpose of his life. At the peak of the age of sea exploration, Terrence who finishes from school at 16 is unsure what direction to take with his life. His skill in fighting and his unexplained pull to the sea causes him to find himself setting off with no direction in sight, only a boat, some food and a lot of determination.

Genevieve Delora is chosen as the newest prophet for the royal family, which is a saving grace to her struggling family. What the royal family isn't aware of is that she's cursed to destroy the kingdom on the dawn of her seventeenth birthday and that her job at the palace may be her only hope in breaking the curse. Gen is immediately overwhelmed with tyrannical kings, political plans, and buried secrets among the royals, but she's running out of time. With the help of new friends in the castle (and some friends on the sea) including the "charming" and always silent prince and his friendlier sister, Genevieve seeks to track down an ancient map that leads to the staff of the gods- the only object that can prevent the curse and save the kingdom. However, there's a power greater than Olumia knows lurking in the shadows, and he's after the staff too. Is fate always set in stone, or is the future still up for changing? Features a strong main lead, a gay princess who's engaged to a prince, an all-women privateer crew who rules the sea, friendships, family, an incredibly "will they, won't they" slow burn, myths and folklore, magical gifts, and a diverse cast of characters. [ cover by @mosstalons ]

FULL VERSION AVAILABLE ON AMAZON Disguised as a man and captured by ruthless pirates, debutante Octavia Palmer must find a stolen treasure to save her father from debtor's prison. But can she escape with her life--and her heart-- when the devilishly handsome Captain Charles Atwell knows her secret? *** Desperate to save her father from death in a debtor's prison, Octavia Palmer disguises herself as a man and sets sail to search for her stolen treasure. But as the war of 1812 continues to rage, she is captured by the pirate captain Charles Atwell, a dangerously handsome drunk who discovers her hidden identity. If she doesn't convince him to help her find the treasure, Octavia knows he'll expose her and have her killed, or worse, sold to his favorite brothel. Charles Atwell blames the world for the death of his beloved sisters. Forced into piracy by the bloody pirate Jean Lafitte, he awaits the day he can drink himself to death or die in battle. He discovers a young woman dressed as a man on a ship he captures, but before he can expose her identity, she reveals that she knows the truth about what happened to his sisters. Battling through ghosts, swamp alligators, sea battles, and a dangerous attraction, Octavia and Charles reluctantly team up to steal her family's treasure from Lafitte. But when the British ask for Lafitte's help to defeat the Americans at New Orleans, their chances of seeing their families again goes up in gunpowder.

Trapped in a life of servitude to brutal English landlords, eighteen-year-old Patrick MacGormain dreamed of a different life, one where his choices were his own. Struggling after losing their father to consumption, he is gutted when their mother dies just a year later in a deliberate house fire, leaving Pat and his sister alone. With little to hold him, he traveled to Waterford, securing work as a cabin boy on the schooner Fanny, an overcrowded passenger hauler bound for Newfoundland. Early in the voyage, he befriends a dwarf of sharp wit and noble birth on a different path, the charismatic-but often underestimated-Edward Comerford. Amidst disease, starvation, and mutiny, they crossed a dangerous Atlantic, peppered with American raiders and Napoleon's frigates, on a vessel that would become one of the first "coffin ships." Hardly the bastion of democracy they envisioned, they seemed to have traded one land of persecution for another: the "New World" following the old. Based on true events. [Complete]

A bastard by birth and orphaned at twelve, Charles has learnt to fend for himself in 1660s London. Homeless, he seeks shelter for the night in some canvas aboard a barge on the Thames. In the morning, he tumbles awake when the sail is hoisted, and the captain presses him to work as they move away from the wharf. Trapped, he sees no option but to follow orders. Captain Bryson likes his sharp mind and eagerness, and he offers him a job aboard with food and shelter. Charles wonders how he'll be able to repay this kindness, and he strives to do his best, lest he be set ashore, again homeless. Charles drives himself to learn and gain experience and to remain in the captain's favour as their adventure grows far beyond the barge, but his insecurity continues surfacing. What will it take to give him the confidence his natural abilities deserve? Written for ONC 2021, this story was selected for the Shortlist, and after the contest, I expanded it into a full-length novel. It serves as a standalone prequel to the Wattpad-featured and Ambys winner, Zeelandia.