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Twenty stories of fantasy, science fiction, pirates, horror, spies, and kindergarten noir. From the space-based lothario to the diminutive thief each looking for their next score, and from the jilted romantic traveling through time to the kingdom refugee whose day never ends, there's something for everyone In A Flash!
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Tropes: Bad Robot, Band of Misfits, Becoming a Monster, Clones, Cross-Species Friendships, Dying World, FTL, Post-Apocalyptic, Time Travel
Tropes: Bad Robot, Band of Misfits, Becoming a Monster, Clones, Cross-Species Friendships, Dying World, FTL, Post-Apocalyptic, Time Travel
The captain studied the map in his quarters as the sloop rocked gently in the warm waters off the Spanish Main. In the back corner, a young lad of barely a dozen years sat at the writing desk, surrounded by books. Captain Edward Coyle turned to leave when the boy called out, “Uncle!”
Coyle looked back and glared.
“I mean, ‘Captain’. Uncle. Sir.”
He nodded. “What now, William?”
The boy closed his book, with a finger holding the page, smiling mischievously. “Why are goats popular with pirates all across the seas?”
Not a serious question, the Captain could tell. He didn’t venture a response though he knew what his men would say after a few fingers of rum. And also what some might actually do with a goat after a skinful, given their less-than-reputable companions at their last port.
He allowed the barest hint of a smile. “You’re the one with the studies, lad. You tell me.”
READ MORE“Because,” William grinned, “in Tortuga they can sell goats for a ‘buck an ear’ but in Algiers, they buy ’em for their ‘coarse hairs’!”
Crossing to the desk, he took the book from the boy, and flipped through its pages. “Lad, you worry about your studies, and let the crew worry about the goats.”
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