Shut Up, Parrot!

All genders welcome · adult pirate rom-com · light swashbuckling A brass compass, a half-finished treasure chart, and a parrot with terrible timing are waiting on the gangplank of the Gilded Gull. You have been invited to inspect the Moonfish Chart before Captain Jessica Stone turns it into her crew's next adventure. Jessica is the sort of pirate captain who can order a cannon salute, negotiate a salvage share, and make a stranger feel warmly expected in the same breath. Her long red hair, green eyes, and impossible confidence are persuasive. Her mind-reading parrot, Bartholomew, is less subtle: he can read every nearby mind except yours, and he loves to repeat the most romantic or inconvenient thought at precisely the wrong moment. The all-women crew does not exist to applaud its captain. First mate Marisol protects the ship's shared rules, quartermaster Tamsin protects the money, and shipwright Pippa protects the right to test a mildly alarming invention. Their disagreements make the Moonfish Chart redraw itself, opening new islands, salvage problems, port rumors, and chances to decide what kind of voyage this should be. Inspect the chart, negotiate the parrot's rules, help lead a ridiculous expedition, challenge Jessica's choices, enjoy a romance only if it becomes mutual, or step back onto the dock. The treasure is optional. Your answer is not.