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Write about a pirate captain obsessed with finding a mythical treasure.

Posted in Adventure on May 8, 2021

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Gold for the Poor...

Submitted to Contest #67

Author’s Note:  This story can be read alone, but it has ties to the Lavinia Rivers stories also on this site. Clue: If the title includes words like Galician or Santiago, it’s almost certain Lavinia Rivers is in the story. If there is the color gray in the title or the name Pilar, it’s also part of Lavinia’s narrative.  All or almost all of these stories are set in Santiago de Compostela, in the northwestern corner of the Iberian Peninsula. Santiago has around 100,000 residents now, but once, centuries ago, it was a tiny place...

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The Mythical Treasure of Time

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Captain Mike is heading on what could be his last voyage as he looks for the mystical treasure of time. During his life Captain Mike had made many mistakes and was now on a mission to atone for the sins of his past. He was looking for the one thing that he thought would lead to this atonement, going back in time to fix the wrongs he had committed. Captain Mike had left his family, the ones he loved most, to take the time to carry out this journey. The journey would be like no journey he had ever been on before. Captain Mike had been ...

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Siren Song

Submitted to Contest #67

It was an ill wind that bought that vessel into port.  She berthed in the dead of night, spilling her crew out into fog filled streets to worm their way into the various taverns and houses of ill repute. If the Captain of said ship had hoped to arrive in anonymity, he had failed. The crawling sea mist was thick enough to turn the dock into nothing more than a barren forest of creaking masts rising above a swirling, snow covered field, but the streets still had ears. Word travelled fast and whispers preceded that crew. The folk of the ...

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The Pirate Captain ,Joe Smith obsessed with finding a mythical treasure of the magic lamp on a Treasure Island.

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The story is entitled The Pirate Captain ,Joe Smith obsessed with finding a mythical treasure of the magic lamp on Treasure Island. One Friday ,on a Treasure Island tells of how a ship sailed to a certain Island by the aid of a Pirate Captain to find some valuable treasure which according to the map had been buried underground. However on arrival a Pirate Captain and his entourage tried unsuccessfully to take the command of the ship in order to get all the treasure for themselves especially the mythical treasure. The Pirate Captain and his...

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The Curtain

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The map had been torn more than once, and what was even worse was the fact that it had been closely acquainted with salt water and the ink was running wild in multiple directions. Of course it didn't matter if the water had been salty or not. It just seemed more probable as the Captain had salvaged it from a sinking ship in the middle of the open sea. The galleon had most likely had a long voyage behind it, perhaps all the way across the Atlantic Ocean, and now it had to rest in the bottom of it.The directions to the treasure were already un...

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Cetus's treasure

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Cetus’s treasureThe ship rocked, battered by the waves slamming themselves against the hull of the ship. The smell of salt was strong on the air, ever present on the journey.The Captain never noticed it any more. It was a background smell along with the dark smell of BO emitting from himself and the crew, the shit of seabirds when they were close enough to shore to attract them. The smell of their food rotting. First turning a sickly green then a dark, ugly brown as they shrivelled and died.The Captain had warned his men: no perishables. But...

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The Greatest Treasure

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“Lay in a course for Tortuga, Harmon.” “I’m sorry, Captain, but I can’t do that.” Captain Wren whipped his sword out of the scabbard and laid the edge against First Mate Harmon. “Why the hell not, Harmon? Is this a mutiny? Are you defying me, your Captain? And it’s Captain John Wren, not plain old Captain. How many times must I tell you that?” First Mate Bill Harmon gulped slowly and speak carefully, so the motion of his Adam’s apple wouldn’t press against the keen edge of his Captain’s blade. “I don’t know how to do that, Captain John W...

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Wings of Pegasus

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William McNaulty was a feared pirate of the east coast of the Americas as his crew was seasoned and expert at weaving in and out of the tricky nuances of the long coast line.  He had issues with the current king of England who wanted the colonies to pay for the expensive war being waged with the French.  His smuggling and lucrative black market enterprise had made him a wealthy man to be reckoned with as he owned some prized real estate on the Carolina coast near Charleston that had become a paradise for pirates. Unlike the legend...

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The Last Candle

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I found Capt. Ahab on the first day. On the second, a crate, surprisingly undamaged, reached the shore. On both occasions, I had my trousers wet with seawater, but managed to get the stiff objects to the shore and in the shade of the palm trees. The contents of the crate were as follows: three candle-sticks; a matchbox; two or three sharpened quills; a pint of ink, black, iron-gall; the Bible; the captain’s log, of almost no entries; a knife, sharp. It was a cruel play of destiny that I should find those items, almost none of which I could t...

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Possession

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As I stand back to the mainmast, hands tied behind me, clothing purposely ripped in obscene places, I get the suspicion that this will not go well. I am presented as a whore -- an offering to this king of the sea that beckons whilst shiphands and one hidden lover surround me hanging on a final vestige of hope.  You see, we are on a voyage for the most blessed treasure of all, but halfway to the destination, we ran into a turbulent storm only for the ship to become worthless and adrift at sea. Sails ripped to shreds. The foremast, crac...

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Carcosa

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Samson had drawn the short straw and was now fidgeting in front of the solid oak door to the captain’s quarters. He raised his fist to knock and it hung in the dead air for a moment before courage took him over and he knocked hard. “Aye!” the captain’s grizzled voice bellowed. “It’s Samson sir!” “AND! What have you man?” “I’d like a word sir.” Samson did her best to hide the quaver in his voice. There was silence and then the Captain spoke. “Very well then. Come in.” He turned the heavy iron latch and made his way in. The capta...

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Maids of the Sea

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The railing running along the main deck was slick with seawater as the ship jerked in the waves. They were sailing through a maze of jagged rocky outcrops scattered around the small island in front of them. To make matters worse, a storm was rolling in from the East. Harta dug his nails into the splintering wood as his bare feet slid across the panels of the deck.  “Oi, how fares it?” Mersupio shouted as picked his way across the slick deck from the captain’s quarters, hand against his forehead to shield his face from the rain.  ...

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Navis Auream

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“Capitano Del Duca, we didn’t salvage much, but we have the cargo secured. Sir, what is your ETA to return with Nostromo Rossi and cast off?”“Give me two cronos. The nostromo is prepping our scout lander for takeoff while I take a final look around. Del Duca out.”The pirate captain tossed back the long curls of his jet-black hair after ducking to enter the remains of his father’s abandoned ship. The ruddy-skinned Italian’s leather jackboots clomped on the parasteel gangway as he made his way back to the crew quarters. With a frustrated sigh,...

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For Freedom and Redemption

Submitted to Contest #67

The wind was howling and the rain was blinding. The waves were shaking the boat that kept cracking under each attack from the mother sea. Leaves and branches were flying around, brought from the mainland by the ongoing storm. The perpetual tempest.  Seven years she had been looking for this treasure and it was now so close. With time, it had become an obsession. All she did, all she worked for, was this gem, this powerful ruby. Oh that ruby! The legends painted a formidable picture of it. She doubted them for years, even though she se...

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The Eye of Khazira

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Captain Black crashed through the edge of the jungle and into the clearing, saber in hand. Four of his most loyal and skilled buccaneers followed close behind, cutlasses at the ready. The journey through the jungle had already cost the pirate captain a dozen men lost to deadly insects, venomous snakes and savage predators. His determination and obsession to find a mythical gemstone continued to drive him forward. Nothing else concerned him. A smile appeared on his face as he caught a glimpse of a large stone doorway set into the cliffside ah...

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