The Vengeance Garden, a pirates-and-magic/horror short story by Laurel Anne Hill in the Spells and Swashbucklers anthology (Dragon Moon Press, 2012, Edited by Valerie Griswold-Ford)
Magic, monsters, mayhem… AND PIRATES! The moon is full, floating above the black ocean waters. The night is quiet — until a shot is fired across the bow of your ship, and the dreaded cry goes up from all quarters — “Pirates!” This book is packed with 15 more tales of swashbuckling, derring-do and magic on the high seas. Following the wonderful Rum and Runestones, this second pirate anthology from Dragon Moon Press brings back several authors and introduces some new faces as well. Join us on another rollicking romp through the high seas! With a forward by PG Holyfield and stories by: Jesse L. Cairns Gail Z. Martin Suzan Butler Stuart Jaffe M.J. Blehart A.D.R. Forte Tera Fulbright Erin M. Hartshorn Danny Birt Erik Amundsen Laurel Anne Hill Chris A. Jackson and Anne L. McMillen-Jackson Robert E. Waters Danielle Ackley-McPhail Bernie Mojzes and Kathryn Scannell.