John James Series by Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer, Steve Aylett, Garth Nix, Eric Flint, Kage Baker, Elizabeth Bear, Michael Moorcock, Jayme Lynn Blaschke, Dave Freer, Sarah Monette, Rhys Hughes, Kelly Barnhill, Carrie Vaughn, Conrad Williams, Scott Altmann, Naomi Novik, Howard Waldrop, Brendan Connell, Paul D. Batteiger, Rachel Swirsky, Justin Howe, Katherine Sparrow

3.57 · 14 ratings
  • Dark Mondays (John James #0.5 - The Maid on the Shore)
    #0.5 - The Maid on the Shore

    Dark Mondays (John James #0.5 - The Maid on the Shore)

    Kage Baker

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 3 ratings · published 2006

    Kage Baker, celebrated creator of the Company novels and the standout collection Mother Aegypt, now brings together pirates, primates, eldritch horrors, maritime ghosts, and much more in Dark Mondays. This captivating new collection of fantastic short fiction is sure to cement her reputation as one of the most original storytellers working in the fantasy and speculative fiction genres today... more

  • Or Else My Lady Keeps the Key (John James #1)
    #1

    Or Else My Lady Keeps the Key (John James #1)

    Kage Baker

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 3 ratings · published 2008

    It's 1672 in Port Royal, Jamaica. John James, London bricklayer's apprentice turned pirate, is returning from the sack of Panama with his share of the loot (a lousy 200 pieces of eight) and a resolve to go back to bricklaying, since piracy pays so badly. First, though, he has a duty: he must deliver a letter to a lady. The letter is from his dead comrade, Sir Thomas Blackstone, who was a court intriguer on a mission for Prince Rupert of the Rhine... more

  • Fast Ships, Black Sails (John James #1.5 - I Begyn as I Mean to Go On)
    #1.5 - I Begyn as I Mean to Go On

    Fast Ships, Black Sails (John James #1.5 - I Begyn as I Mean to Go On)

    Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer, Steve Aylett, Garth Nix, Eric Flint, Kage Baker, Elizabeth Bear, Michael Moorcock, Jayme Lynn Blaschke, Dave Freer, Sarah Monette, Rhys Hughes, Kelly Barnhill, Carrie Vaughn, Conrad Williams, Scott Altmann, Naomi Novik, Howard Waldrop, Brendan Connell, Paul D. Batteiger, Rachel Swirsky, Justin Howe, Katherine Sparrow

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 2008

    Do you love the sound of a peg leg stomping across a quarterdeck? Or maybe you prefer a parrot on your arm, a strong wind at your back? Adventure, treasure, intrigue, humor, romance, danger — and, yes, plunder! Oh, the Devil does love a pirate — and so do readers everywhere! Swashbuckling from the past into the future and space itself, Fast Ships, Black Sails, edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, presents an incredibly entertaining volume of original stories guaranteed to make you walk and talk... more

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