Life and death Stories

Darlene69

24 Feb 2024

The Way Of The Pirate - Chapter 1

She was beautiful and brutal and always had her own way

The coast off of the North African Ottoman provinces of Algiers, Tunis, Tripoli, and Morocco in 1803 was as dangerous a place as anywhere on earth. It was known as the Barbary Coast and was a very lucrative business for Pirates. Capturing merchant ships a...

DaisyChained

20 Feb 2021

A Thousand Miles

If death came knocking…. would you?

“I didn’t want to worry you.”  The message appears, confirming all my fears. She hasn’t been around for days. I knew something was up.  Her usual playful messages were absent. There was silence. “Me, worried?” I say with poorly disguised cheer.  “They don...