Escape Pod - Pirate Solutions

I have over this last year rediscovered the simple joy of having a story read to me. Through the Short Fuse performances I have been reminded what a great pleasure it can be to sit and relax and receive a tale. Since then I have also started downloading various short story podcasts, such as Bound off and Escape Pod. This morning I decided that instead of catching a few pages on my way to work I would plug myself into my ipod and enjoy an audio escape.

The story I went for was Pirate Solutions by Katherine Sparrow (Originally published in Fast Ships, Black Sails). It’s a fantastic tale of bone rum, the high seas and computer nerds. The tale moves around in time and brings together some delightful possibilities and plenty of pirate speak. It’s a short story, so this isn’t really a review but I will be buying Fast Ships, Black Sails if this is an example of the quality of story in it and I am definitely a devotee of Escape Pod.

If you can’t remember what it feels like to curl up and enjoy story time then I strongly recommend that you find your favourite comfy place and settle in, in your PJ’s, with a mug of hot chocolate (possibly with bailey’s in given it’s winter) and let the lovely folks at EscapePod or it’s fantasy and horror sister sites wrap you up and carry you away on a tale.

So, now I want to know, what are your favourite pirate stories on film or in books?