A Mutiny of Pirates: Being an account of the Damn Shames and the search for the treasure of Chalcedon
The Damn Shames, a group of bikers-turned-pirates, find themselves at the center of a search for a legendary pirate captain’s treasure–a quest made deadly by politicians, privateers, and the uncaring vacuum of space.
2807 words – 15-20 minute read
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RahabRahab loosens her nails from the grooves they’ve made in the leather of her seat, though she hasn’t hit the release yet. She’s still trying to convince her skittish brain and body that the Starfarer is on the ground, that the raggedy ship and its raggedy crew are under the sway of the reasonable gravity of a habitable planet. It’s a long process—the landing and the convincing.
Slowly, Rahab unfurls from the turret chair. When she lets out the breath she’s been holding for what feels like hours, it hisses like the hydraulics on the chair as she’s lowered into the Starfarer’s hallway. Falcor wouldn’t let her out of her gunner’s chair if the ship’s systems detected any enemy presence nearby; the ship is just as interested in staying alive as Rahab is.
And thanks to a healthy dose of roguish ingenuity and MISC’s built-in paranoia, the Damn Shames have just escaped certain death. Again. At least for now.
But Rahab wonders if their luck has just run out.
your regular reminder that I am (semi-)regularly posting a serial story! if you’ve been waiting for a decent backlog, there’s nearly 50k across 16 chapters now, which is Something! (friends, contact me if you want a Kindle version!)
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