Mary Celeste Adrift
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When low-ranking crewmember Riya Cobley is forced to join an away-team they find the adrift spacefreightor “Mary Celeste” in good working order but no trace of a crew, when alarms sound in both ships…
Well, I did the Flying Dutchman. I might as well do the Mary Celeste, too! 
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J.A. Marlow
Flying Dutchman of the Spacelanes
Trapped, Sora races to escape the deserted Flying Dutchman of the Spacelanes, only to find the true nature of the cursed ghost-ship could give her the dream of a lifetime.
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wow, congratulations on so many stories already. I just took 4 days of writing because I had to go to a conference.
Hope you had fun at the conference, Katharina!
You know I am bouncing in my seat over this, right?
(I swear if you do one about Barnum’s Pride, I will totally lose it – assuming you could get Duane’s permission.)
[For those who are lost - look up the filk song Dawson's Christian by Duane Elms]
Glad to have you bouncing, Kat.
I had to look that one up. Wow, what a great song!
Since it’s under copyright, I don’t think I can do anything with it other than maybe take a few ideas and make them my own. Plus, naming it something else, of course.
For the chorus, I’m still a bit confused. Is “Barnum’s Pride” supposed to be the ship described in the song, or is this in reference to an old maritime legend?
going a bit ot here.
The ship the singer is on is _Hera’s Dream_. I think Barnum’s Pride is a space going version of a ghost ship. I’ve tried looking it up and all I ever get is the song=, so I am pretty sure Duane invented the name.
It should give you an idea what I think of the song when that opening lines jumped to mind when I saw Dutchman and Celeste in the same sentence. (after not hearing the song in nearly a year)
Funny note: Mary Celeste was the topic of a family dinner conversation a month or so ago, debating the probable fate of the crew.
Another one to add to the ‘I can hardly wait’ list.
and another one to the “I wish I had more time to read but I fall asleep too soon”-list.