Pirates of the Somali Coast
| First published | September 2007 |
|---|---|
| Type | Short Fiction |
| Length | Short Story |
Synopsis
A child writes a series of one-way e-mails to his parents from the game room on a cruise ship. Pirates board and occupy the ship with the child obviously not understanding the concepts of death and the ramification of other abuse from the pirates. He seems to believe that at the end of "Pirate Week" things will revert to normal.
Notes
First published in Subterranean 7.
While this was included in a Science Fiction anthology it is a a non-genre story. The editor's introduction in Year's Best SF 13 reports “... a bitterly ironic satire on contemporary cruise ship culture and Somali pirates (and Disney pirate films) ... as powerful as the Harlan Ellison satires of the 1960s.”
Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Locus Poll Award | Best Short Story | Nominee/Finalist |
Publications (6)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2007 | Subterranean, Issue #7 | Subterranean Press | MAGAZINE | 45 |
| June 2008 | Year's Best SF 13 | Eos / HarperCollins | Anthology | 359 |
| July 2008 | Year's Best SF 13 | Eos / HarperCollins / SFBC | Anthology | 359 |
| October 2009 | Year's Best SF 13 | HarperCollins e-books | Anthology | |
| April 2011 | TVA Baby and Other Stories | PM Press | Collection | 41 |
| April 2011 | TVA Baby and Other Stories | PM Press | Collection | |41 |