Fast Ships, Black Sails--Pirate Antho Details
Although Night Shade is still working on the cover, they have announced the pirate anthology on their blog and in their online catalog, so I figured I should post the info here, too. Ann and I are so excited about this anthology--it just kicks so much ass. So many great adventure stories, written at a very high level. We've also chosen a selection of new and established writers, which is a bit of a risk in the current publishing environment, but one you can help us out with. Send a message that you're as interested in new talent as in your favorites--pre-order the anthology today! A high number of pre-orders will continue to justify (1) open reading periods (where we got a lot of our best stuff) and (2) a commitment to publishing the next generation now. Honestly, this is over 100,000 words of piratey goodness. As cool an antho as I've ever been associated with.Here's the catalog copy and TOC: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 several new writers and such 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.Contents:Introduction: "Raising Anchor" - Ann & Jeff VanderMeer"Boojum" - Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette"TBA" - Naomi Novik"Avast, Abaft!" - Howard Waldrop"I Begyn as I Mean to Go On" - Kage Baker"Castor on Troubled Waters" - Rhys Hughes"Elegy for Gabrielle, Patron Saint of Healers, Whores and Righteous Thieves" - Kelly Barnhill"Skillet and Saber" - Justin Howe"The Nymph's Child" - Carrie Vaughn"68Ëš06'N, 31Ëš40'W" - Conrad Williams"Pirate Solutions" - Katherine Sparrow"We Sleep on a Thousand Waves" - Brendan Connell"Pirates of the Suara Sea" - David Freer & Eric Flint"Voyage of the Iguana" - Steve Aylett"Iron Face" - Michael Moorcock"A Cold Day in Hell" - Paul Batteiger"Captain Blackheart Wentworth" - Rachel Swirsky"The Whale Below" - Jayme Lynn Blaschke"Beyond the Sea Gate of the Scholar-Pirates of Sarskoe" - Garth NixTrade Paperback 978-1-59780-094-5272 Pages $14.95