http://madkestrel.com Official Mad Kestrel Site Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:39:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://madkestrel.com/pirate-novel-now-in-paperback/ 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 ... http://madkestrel.com/worldcon-denver-worldcon-2008/ 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 ... http://madkestrel.com/mad-kestrel-reviewed/ 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 ... http://madkestrel.com/pirate-flag-jolly-roger/ 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 ... http://madkestrel.com/pirate-videos/