Under a Black Flag: A Freeport Anthology

by Jaym Gates (Editor), Andrew Penn Romine, Dylan Birtolo

Under a Black Flag features twelve rollicking tales of swashbuckling action centered around the City of Freeport, a fantasy pirate city unlike any other. The blood and salt of Freeport breed a special kind of hero: one usually kicked out of all but the crustiest taverns and immortalized in bawdy songs. Ancient cultists lurk beneath the streets, unknown horrors prowl the depths, but the real trouble is the ne'er-do-wells who call the city home.

Contains the following stories:

The Mermaid and the Maelstrom
By Andrew Penn Romine

The Alchemist and the Abyss
By Andrew Penn Romine

Darkness from the Depths
By Dylan Birtolo

In the Shadows
By Richard C. White

My Night in Freeport
By Anthony Pryor

Treachery of the Sea
By Jenifer Purcell Rosenberg

A Not So Lazy Afternoon
By Robert Emerson

Unlikely Tides
By Dylan Birtolo

Sylphs
By Katriel Paige

Where Black Stars Rise
By Jei D. Marcade

The Apotheosis of Thomas Drac
By Tiffany Trent

Noden's Scourge
By Heidi McDonald & Travis Jenkins

256 pages, ebook

Published September 19, 2020

About the author

Jaym is an editor, author, and freelance publicist.

Reviews

[Jon Thysell · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of the stories suffered a little too much from "this is D&D, wink wink" syndrome. Pushing too hard to reference game terms that didn't sound natural. But some of the stories were really fun and captured the feel of Freeport in exciting way. Worth a read.