Arrr! I’ve gone far and wide to bring more literary booty (not the cute librarian we met in Hyarnustar!) to BookSpotCentral buckos and from my last adventure I bring you:

I stole this from a couple of carousers, maybe even a carousing couple; two scallywags if I ever layed my eye on one. Me and my mate Corto Maltese met them in San Lorenzo and did them up good until an evil monkey swooped and saved their hides!

Most troubling, we can’t even sell it as the bastard put his name on it!

ummm…yeah

Something real cool here, we have up this time a copy of the forthcoming, Fast Ships, Black Sails, an anthology of pirate stories being published by Night Shade Books later this year.

Synopsis:

Do you love the sound of a peg leg stomping across a quarterdeck? Or maybe you prefer a parrot on your arm, a strong wind at your back? Adventure, treasure, intrigue, humor, romance, danger–and, yes, plunder. Oh, the Devil does love a pirate–and so do readers everywhere.

Swashbuckling from the past into the future and space itself, Fast Ships, Black Sails, edited by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, presents an incredibly entertaining volume of original stories guaranteed to make you walk and talk like a pirate.

Come along for the voyage with bestselling authors Naomi Novik, Garth Nix, Carrie Vaughn, Dave Freer, Michael Moorcock, and Eric Flint, as well as such other stellar talents as Kage Baker, Sarah Monette, Elizabeth Bear, Steve Aylett, and Conrad Williams–all offering up a veritable treasure chest of piratical adventure, the likes of which has never been seen in the four corners of the Earth. Highlights include a brand-new Garth Nix Sir Hereward & Mr. Fitz novella, as the two clever ne’er-do-wells storm the sea-gates of the scholar-pirates of Sarkoe.

If ever you had a yearning for adventure on the high seas, now’s the time to indulge it, with Fast Ships, Black Sails. You’ll return with a sword shoved through your sash, booty in a safe harbor, and beer on your breath. We promise.

It’s the VanderMeer family, so you know they aren’t bringing anything but the best from the best. You can get more info on the book, including a table of contents at Night Shade’s website.

This contest is open to all BookSpotCentral members, just PM (private message) me at our forums and you’re entered. A winner will be drawn on October 25th. Please include address/shipping information with your entry so we can get the prizes out to you as quickly as possible.

Please be sure to visit our contest page to be up to date with all current contests hosted at BookSpotCentral. We currently are running three active contests!

I want to thank Jeff VanderMeer and Night Shade Books for allowing us to bring this opportunity for fortune and glory to BookSpotCentral (and for the opportunity to talk funny)

Good luck to all!

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Topics: Ann VanderMeer, Collection, Fast Ships Black Sails, Jeff VanderMeer, Night Shade Books, Short Fiction