Michael Fountain

SWASHBUCKLING PLANK-WALKING TIMBER-SHIVERING Hidden treasure, ancient curses, mythical sea creatures, uncharted waters, and rip-roaring adventure across the seven seas-The Black Beacon Book of Pirates carries a clandestine cargo of timber-shivering, plank-walking, and swashbuckling goodies. You'll be entertained by tall tales of yore recounted over the the drunken din in the dingiest of taverns, you'll embark upon the most perilous of undertakings on the high seas, and you'll be reminded that even today, the legacy of pirates and privateers of a bygone age follows our every step like a shadow-but wait, what's that behind you? It's too dark to be a mere shadow...and what's that in its hand? No, not in its hand, but instead of a hand A steely hook ready to strike There's only one way to escape. Turn the page and set sail This book is your helm. If you stick to it and hold fast, you might just make it back to port alive, me hearty The Mutineer by Lawrence DagstineThe End of All Tides by Paulene TurnerPoll Pirate by Michael FountainThe Ghost by S. B. WatsonAnd the Sea by Jack WellsDungeon Rock by Edward LodiThe Avery Dog Has His Day by Rose BigginThe Curse of the Emerald Eye by Cameron TrostLes Femmes Sauvages by Karen BaylySting of the Schorpioen by DJ TyrerBeholden to No One by Karen Keeley

Michael Collins lends money to people with the stipulation that they will repay the loan. For the person who satisfies his loan in a timely fashion, good luck follows. For the ones who are stagnate with repaying money borrowed, bad luck is sure to follow. Remember to honor money borrowed. Samantha Victoria Collins is a Reviathan, a supernatural being allowed to come back from the dead. She is a person who grows younger as she performs miracles and drafts people into the ways of the Master. This is a short story about faith and disbelief.

Michael Collins lends money to people with the stipulation that they will repay the loan. For the person who satisfies his loan in a timely fashion, good luck follows. For the ones who are stagnate with repaying money borrowed, bad luck is sure to follow. Remember to honor money borrowed. Samantha Victoria Collins is a Reviathan, a supernatural being allowed to come back from the dead. She is a person who grows younger as she performs miracles and drafts people into the ways of the Master. This is a short story about faith and disbelief.

Edith Bosworth, the daughter of the wealthiest black family on the Eastern Shore, meets a novelist in the college library. They quickly become good friends and lovers against her mothers wishes. On New Years Day, her parents are visited by someone from the past that destroys their daughters happiness. Ediths mothers long-term affair with her husbands best friend takes an ironic twist. Ellen, Ediths mother, sees a side of her meek and mild husband that she never thought existed. The Bosworth family house a series of secrets with a host of startling consequences.