The Black Beacon Book of Pirates is sure to shiver your timbers when it's published on Friday the 21st of June. The Kindle version is already available for pre-order at just $1.99 instead of $3.99 and you can add the anthology to your Goodreads "want to read" list today. In the meantime, to get you in the mood for a spot of swashbuckling, we’re interviewing the contributing authors.
Hi Edward,
Why pirates?
Are there any pirate legends set where you live?
The story of the Wydah is probably the best known. The pirate flag ship was wrecked off the coast of Wellfleet on Cape Cod in 1717. Its wreckage was discovered in 1984. Since then more than 180,000 artifacts have been recovered.
If you were a pirate, what's the first thing you'd do?
If I was a pirate, the first thing I’d do is try to escape. Many crew members of pirate ships were innocent men captured by pirates and forced to choose between piracy and death. Philip Ashton was a young fisherman from Marblehead, Massachusetts. In 1722 he was captured off the coast of Nova Scotia by pirates led by Edward Low but refused to join them. He was beaten, threatened, and otherwise ill treated for nearly a year before he was able to escape onto a desert island off the coast of Honduras. He remained a castaway for 16 months before being rescued.
Have you ever found treasure?
Alas, I’ve never found treasure, though not for lack of trying when I was green and tender.
What do you do when you're not dreaming up tall tales?
Not much of anything. I lead a dull life compared to when I rove the seven seas in my imagination. Oops. My wife just reminded me that I’m happily married. Yes dear, I’ll put it in writing.
Where can readers contact you to tell you their timbers have been suitably shivered?
I can be found at edwardlodi@hotmail.com.
Goodreads profile: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/275844.Edward_Lodi
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