X Marks the Spot: An Anthology of Treasure and Theft

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Set sail on the high seas with this collection of 21 unforgettable short stories featuring dashing rogues, daring rebels, and wily pirates searching for treasures of all kinds, including a forgotten journal, a heavenly sword, a young girl's lucky sock, and even the Fountain of Youth. Some pirates are familiar — complete with parrots, peg legs, and eye patches — but most are unique: a twelve-year-old computer hacker, a heroic rabbit on an unusual quest, a clump of cancer cells, and an alien setting sail among the stars. X Marks the Spot: An Anthology of Treasure and Theft is about those men and women who live on the fringes of society, who are beholden to no man, no law, and who always have one eye on the horizon. So grab your map and set your headings. There are adventures to be had, mateys, and treasures to be found. This anthology is the fifth volume produced by the alumni of the Superstars Writing Seminars, and all royalties benefit the Don Hodge Memorial Scholarship Fund.

Contents
∙ “The Wish Shore” by Kristen Bickerstaff
∙ “The Wreckers” by Ken Hoover
∙ “Scourge” by L.V. Bell
∙ “The Pirate’s Cat” by Tracy Leonard Nakatani
∙ “Annie Spark and the Pirates of Port 1337” by David Cole
∙ “Tidying Magic” by Linda Maye Adams
∙ “By Stars and by Gears” by Trisha J. Wooldridge
∙ “Porch Pirates of Pasadena” by Amy Hughes
∙ “Sabbath” by Jessica Guernsey
∙ “A Good Pirate’s Final Storm” by Tanya Hales
∙ “Percival Bunnyrabbit and the Robot Wizard” by John D. Payne
∙ “Plundering Lives” by Lauren Lang
∙ “Time Comes for All Men” by Melissa Koons
∙ “Life Pirate” by Elmdea Adams
∙ “Pirated RPG” by Jace Killan
∙ “Breath of the Cherubim” by Clint Hall
∙ “Princess Yum Yum’s Challenge” by Nancy DiMauro
∙ “Where We Will All Go” by C.H. Hung
∙ “Silver Future” by Mary Pletsch
∙ “Sea Wolves” by Julie Frost
∙ “Harry the Ghost Pirate” by Robert J. McCarter