Chapter 06: The Adventure Begins Brian sat on the couch being tossed around by the storm outside. All he could do was drift with the rolling waves and hope that they survived the night and would be rescued the next day. The waves hit the sides of the boat and caused the wet party to bounce around the insides like the victims of a vehicle rollover. "I thin...
One: Aboard the Roi de Soleil Captain Beaumont of the French ship Roi du Soleil lifted the crystal goblet of wine and stood as he proposed a toast. "To a safe journey home, and to our lovely guest," he offered to the ship's officers assembled around the sumptuous dining table. "A lovelier ray of sunshine has never graced our humble ship." He bowed his hea...
PotC Cabin Fever Captain Jack Sparrow stood out on the deck of his beloved Black Pearl and smiled widely. The weather was fair, sea calm and he had the love and companionship of his first mate and personal cabin boy Will Turner. Jack's eyes roved to the slender young man standing a few feet away and who gazed seawards. Seeing the beautiful profile, Jack swa...
Tortuga, 1702 Rusalka pulled the dagger across the throat of the final crewmen, spilling his blood over the deck just as the port of Tortuga was coming into view. She released her grip of the man dropping his body into the sea. She looked up to the sails. The winds were right and at the pace of the ship she should be able to pull in to port without trouble....
One: Approaching Jamaica After a week at sea the pirate ship Fortune Hunter drew near Port Royal on the island of Jamaica. The crew scrambled up the rigging to secure the sails and moved about the deck preparing to drop anchor, while below the women who constituted the precious cargo were being prepared for the slave market. Therese du Maurier tried to reme...
This is the second installment of the High Seas Adventures. It follows two characters originally set up in the first story. While you should be able to enjoy the story on its own merits, it will make more sense if you go back and read Chapter One first. Ch.1 Covers Saturday through Sunday. This covers Monday. Monday: It was after midnight when Ray finally...
Bubbles were already starting to form on the rocks surrounding her. "Was it that time already?" Electra swished her long fluorescent, sparkling, fuchsia pink tail back and forth restlessly. All that knew her agreed that she was an extraordinary beauty. She was part of the royal family and carried a lot of power in the kingdom. Her long eyelashes and brig...
I was down on campus one day, when I bumped into Mark, the Japanese American boy I know from Oceanview U.'s Japanese Student Union. I don't really know him that well. I've just met him a few times at JSU, but he seemed happy to see me. He's really clean shaven with deep black eyes, and seems mild and kind of trustworthy as guys go. "Do you remember that Tai...
In the middle of a beautiful starlit night, on the Caribbean Ocean, sat a most unusual looking ship; it was a black ship, with black sails and it had a certain ghostly quality about it, the Black Pearl. Inside the captain's quarters of the ship sat the captain, a dark and handsome man, with jet black dreadlocks, and piercing brown eyes. He wore a red bandana...
The Vicar of St. Dunstan's has what many men would call an ideal setup: a circle of women, called the Quilting Ladies, who attend to his needs in a--comprehensive manner, so to speak. The membership of this circle has shifted over the course of the larger story, but the overall relationship has remained fairly stable. This series has provided glimpses into t...