The Adventures of Petal, The Paperdoll Pirate

Posted on February 16, 2009 by pauljessup

Is now live at Fantasy Magazine! Check it out here:
http://www.darkfantasy.org/fantasy/?p=1507

For all sorts of weird piratey goodness. Here is an excerpt, to wet your appetite:
The candle in the sky warmed their skin, making their vellum bones all too crisp . These were the Water Colored Tropics, far south from the harsh and acrylic snowlands that her Jotuns called home. Petal liked it here, this land of single hatch beaches and pop-up book natives in grass skirts.

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Paul Jessup is a weird writer, who has lived his entire life on the haunted shores of Lake Erie. He has three books out currently, with a fourth on the way.

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3 Responses to The Adventures of Petal, The Paperdoll Pirate

Berry says:

February 16, 2009 at 1:26 pm

Commented over yonder.

’tis good stuff, Paul.

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Lyn Perry says:

April 16, 2009 at 8:43 pm

Fun little quirky story – I did a short review at The Fix, not sure if you saw that yet: http://thefix-online.com/reviews/fantasy-online-feb-2009/ (I follow you on Twitter too, lol) Lyn Perry from ResAliens

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Paul Jessup says:

April 16, 2009 at 9:06 pm

Lol, I’ll follow you back (If I’m not already)…and yes, I saw the review and loved what you had to say about it. Thank you very much

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