Space Pirates is the first anthology of the Full-Throttle Space Tales series. Edited by David Lee Summers, editor of Tales of the Talisman, Space Pirates contains fifteen swashbuckling tales of pirates in space, by established and rising-star authors.

The contents of this treasure chest of adventure include these swarthy tales of deep-space piracy:

Eating Vacuum, by Robert E Vardeman: An asteroid miner matches wits with a desperate pirate who is short on oxygen.

On the Even of the Last Great Ratings War, by David Boop: Genetically engineered animals battle humans for control of the space-borne airwaves.

Adrift, by Carol Hightshoe: The Flying Dutchman legend takes to outer space.

Bad Traveling, by Neal Asher: Pirates sailing the seas of a distant planet find their match in alien monsters of the deep.

Carbon Copy, by Denielle Ackley-McPhail: Recently demoted Private Alexander suspects that one of the ships of the space fleet are bearing false colors.

Space Pirate Cookies, by C.J. Henderson: Aliens are mocking humanity, and that means war.

For a Job Well Done, by David Lee Summers: A ruthless pirate finds himself rescuing a victim of human trafficking on the planet Epsilon Indi 2.

Lunacy by Anna Paradox: The moon is being taxed to death, and a teenage girl is caught in the middle…by a satellite laser weapon.

The Claims Adjustor, by David B. Riley: An insurance claims adjustor from Mars wants to ferret out the pirates who are driving up the cost of shipping from Earth.

Never Lie to Yourself, by Uncle River: When a young boy marooned in a space habitat disaster is rescued by bloodthirsty pirates, what exactly does he owe his rescuers?

Star Wench, by Daniel M. Hoyt: Captain Beech of the HMS Bounty IV must match his wits against a notorious pirate to save his spaceship’s crew.

Searching the Vastness of Space, by Alan L. Lickiss: Rory is a bureaucrat who believes he has discovered proof of interstellar piracy, but finds that pirates are not always what they seem.

Captain Barti Ddu, by M.H. Bonham: Morgan Roberts’ life is saved during an attack by Atolian Pirates…by an Eighteenth Century Buccaneer.

Earth-Saturn Transit, by W.A. Hoffman: Pirates in deep space are bound by debilitating circuits in their heads, but where there are pirates, there will be mutineers.

Ship’s Daughter, by Pamela D. Lloyd and Karl Grotegut: A pirate’s daughter must prove herself to the rest of the crew, without losing her humanity.

AHRRRR!!!

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Space Pirates: Full-Throttle Space Tales #1.
Edited by David Lee Summers.
Published by Flying Pen Press LLC, August 2008, under the imprint Flying Pen Press Science Fiction.
252 pages.
ISBN: 978-0-9818957-0-3. Trade paperback. Cover Price: $16.95.
5.5" x 8.5" x 0.53", 0.717lb.
Flying Pen Press catalog number FIC-S-01001.