X Marks the Spot: An Anthology of Treasure and Theft

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.

Table of Contents
1. “The Wish Shore” © 2020 Kristen Bickerstaff
2. “The Wreckers” © 2020 Ken Hoover
3. “Scourge” © 2020 L.V. Bell
4. “The Pirate’s Cat” © 2020 Tracy Leonard Nakatani
5. “Annie Spark and the Pirates of Port 1337” © 2020 David Cole
6. “Tidying Magic” © 2020 Linda Maye Adams
7. “By Stars and By Gears” © 2020 Trisha J. Wooldridge
8. “Porch Pirates of Pasadena” © 2020 Amy M. Hughes
9. “Sabbath” © 2020 Jessica Guernsey
10. “A Good Pirate’s Final Storm” © 2020 Tayna Hales
11. “Percival Bunnyrabbit and the Robot Wizard” © 2020 John D. Payne
12. “Plundering Lives” © 2020 Lauren A. Lang
13. “Time Comes for All Men” © 2020 Melissa Koons
14. “Life Pirate” © 2020 Elmdea Adams
15. “Pirated PRG” © 2020 Jace Killan
16. “Breath of the Cherubim” © 2020 Clint Hall
17. “Princess Yum Yum’s Challenge” © 2020 Falcon’s Fables LLC
18. “Where We Will All Go” © 2020 C.H. Hung
19. “Silver Future” © 2020 Mary Pletsch
20. “Sea Wolves” © 2020 Julie Frost
21. “Harry the Ghost Pirate” © 2020 Robert J. McCarter

Editor: Lisa Mangum