In last week’s episode… …I drew a prompt about a tunnel. I had fully intended it to be a mainstream fiction story, no fantastical or horrific or science fiction or whatever elements involved, but dragons showed up (as they inevitably do), and this story turned out to be a prologue story of sorts for the…
Category: Pirates! Yarr!
Difficult Decisions
Today I decided that I’m going to fire — or, at least, shelve indefinitely — my pirate novel. I had a vision for it, and I wanted it to take place in the real world as a novel of historical fantasy; however, the more I learned about the history and culture of pirates and the…
More Piratical Talk
A couple of years ago, I posted about the myth that pirates always said “Arr”. Today, I address another myth: that of walking the plank. Many pirate adventures show us pirates forcing their prisoners to walk a plank out off the boat and into dangerous waters, presumably to drown or be eaten by sea anemones….
[A-Z] Y is for Yaar!
So, every year there is the Northern California Pirate Festival over in Vallejo. I’ve never been, but I hear it’s good fun. You know, the usual: pillaging, looting, setting fire to things, general villainy, and good music. Actually, the main thing I hear is that it’s basically a good excuse to spend a day drinking….
Mysteriously Dying Pirates
The Times – Pirates die strangely after taking Iranian ship. Since I’ve been watching a lot of X-Files lately, I can’t help but think of some bizarre conspiracy theory for this. Perhaps the Iranians were shipping some bizarre disease? Or a strange alien creature? Or something even more dreadful? The Lovecraftian inside of me imagines…