Mad Kestrel

Pirate Novel Now in Paperback

madkestrel — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:36:08 +0000

The fantasy pirate novel Mad Kestrel by Misty Massey has just come out in paperback. If you are not familiar with the story, it helps to celebrate the golden age of piracy much like a pirates of the Caribbean novel would. It is a rolling adventure moving from sea to land and back again, with all kinds of pirates, treasure, sword fighting, and some magic thrown in. It originally came out in trade paper size about a year ago and is now more affordable.

Misty is presently hard at work on Mad Kestrel sequel and you can catch up with her by visiting her website. Feel free to send her an email, oh and I almost forgot, she is presently having a contest.

The contest won’t last for long so hurry on by and see what you need to do.

Worldcon Denver Worldcon 2008

madkestrel — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:13:44 +0000

Pirates invade Worldcon Denver 2008!

Misty Massey will be at Worldcon 2008 in Denver and will be appearing on several panels. One of which is a pirate panel. Misty will be at Worldcon from Thursday-Saturday.

She will be on discussion panels 7th-8th and will be signing books at 10:45 on Thursday the 7th.

If any pirates are in the area, dress up and come out to support.

Word to the Captain, Yo!

Mad Kestrel Reviewed

madkestrel — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:11:44 +0000

Tom Knapp over at Rambles.net has a wonderful Mad Kestrel review.

Here is an excerpt.

Swords and sorcery are a staple of fantasy novels. Add pirates to the mix, and you’ve got the potential for a winning combination.

If, that is, if the author can pull it off in a successful and entertaining manner, and with Mad Kestrel, first-time writer Misty Massey has a good start to what promises to be a fantastic career.

Misty is presently working on a sequel to Mad Kestrel (it is presently mid-summer 2008). Hopefully Tor will be as excited about this one as they were about the original story.

Pirate Flag Jolly Roger

madkestrel — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 17:29:48 +0000

The pirate flag is an immediately recognizable symbol of fear and death.

The Jolly Roger is a skull on or over a pair of crossed bones.

How the name for the pirate flag the “Jolly Roger” came to be is lost to history but there are a variety of stories floating around that sound plausible.

One story goes the French buccaneers original flag of terror was a red cloth. Instantly recognizable, the “bloody flag” told all that no quarter would be given. (no quarter meant the target ship should surrender without a fight. If the ship surrendered without a fight then all lives would be spared. If there was resistance then potentially all on board could be killed.)

The French phrase joli rouge meant pretty red. So it is thought that the English ended up bastardizing the phrase to Jolly Roger.

Many pirate captains took this basic symbol of fear and made it their own.

Emmanuel Wynne used the pirate flag above showing an hour glass. The hourglass was meant to represent time was running out.

Most pirates flew some variation of symbols that included skulls, bones, hourglass, skeletons and weapons.

All pirate flags were intended to convey a message of fear and death to the intended targets so that their victims might easily give up without a fight.

Pirate Videos

madkestrel — Sun, 25 May 2008 03:43:46 +0000

A new section of our site has been launched.

If you are interested in pirates then we have tried to make it easy for you to see any pirate video you might have an interest in.

Pirate Videos

You could probably find most any Pirate of the Caribbean movie or Pirate of the Caribbean video you could ever possibly want.

How about some Crimson Pirates, or a video from a pirate festival?

Enjoy!