Pirates: Three Stories

by James Enge

Three stories of mayhem, magic, and weird science.

45 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 15, 2016

About the author

James Enge lives in northwest Ohio with his wife and a philosophic dog-detective. He teaches Latin and mythology at a medium-sized public university. His stories (frequently featuring Morlock Ambrosius) have appeared in Black Gate , in the Stabby-Award-winning Blackguards , in Tales from the Magicians's Skull , in F&SF , and elsewhere. His first novel, Blood of Ambrose was nominated for the World Fantasy Award in 2010 and its French translation was shortlisted for the Prix Imaginales in 2011.

Look for more Morlock stories this year in Tales from the Magician's Skull and Old Moon Quarterly .

You can reach James Enge on Twitter (as jamesenge) or, if all else fails, via (jamesenge.com).

Reviews

[Jason Waltz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mixed

"The Singing Spear is one of the saddest s&s-ish stories I've ever read. The bastard never should have left that battle with the titular spear. "Levity" spends a lot of words saying little in a snippet of a piece. "Thieves at the Gates" is delightful, a pleasurable take on a great character.

[Colin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enjoyable short fiction from James Enge!

I found the work of James Enge through the Goodman Games sword-snd-sorcery publication, "Tales from the Magician's Skull," with the Morlock Ambrosius stories. There is one of those in this collection - a very good piece - as well as a sci-fi piece that felt too short, and an Odysseus story that as a Classicist I cannot help but love ( although the formatting of that story on my Kindle was a bit off). I recommend everything by James Enge that I've seen so far (and not just because he's a fellow classicist and fantasy author - he's also very *good*).

[Michael Natale · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love me some James Enge. Wish he'd write more.