A Pirate's Life

Just found an eight-page short story that I did for Mike Kraiger's writing class at the Kubert School. It's a little corny, but I love it so much. It's a musical starring pirates, and it makes me laugh, so I'm thinking I want to use it for something. Maybe do it up for an anthology or something. Here's the first page:


Page One

1. A seventeenth-century sailing ship on the open ocean, seen through a telescope (circular panel).

2. A pirate's face, as he lowers the telescope and squints at the ship on the horizon. He is on a pirate ship, and he is CAPTAIN BLACKMOUSTACHE. He has a black moustache.

• BLACKMOUSTACHE: Yar.

3. BLACKMOUSTACHE turns to face his crew of fearsome pirates.

• BLACKMOUSTACHE: Ahoy! Thar be booty afoot!

4. A couple of pirates glance down at their feet.

5. BLACKMOUSTACHE points out to sea.

• BLACKMOUSTACHE: Nar! Look ye fools! A ship!

Fairly soon after this the pirates break out in song.