September 19th is Talk Like a Pirate Day. In honor of that bit of fun, we want your tales of pirates…whatever that means to you. Stories can be fantasy, science fiction, pretty much any genre, as long as we get to hear a pirate talk. You have 919 words.

Visit the official site here.

Entries should be mailed to especbooks@aol.com as a .doc, .docx, or .rtf attachment. Please include your name, story title, and contact information on your manuscript itself. If we cannot identify your entry from the file you will be disqualified. Multiple submissions are permissible, but reprints are not. Winning entry will be published on the eSpec Books blog and the winner will receive a free ebook copy of the eSpec Books title of their choice. Prize can be reserved for a future book if the winner already has the available titles.

Visit http://www.especbooks.com for a list of titles.