Phantomstardemon



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  1. Public Bookmark 34

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    "But something else beside the man’s cash box pulls his attention—something soft and odd and wonderful.
    Stede darts toward it and gently picks it up.
    A fabric doll.
    It’s unlike any doll he’s seen before—adorable and strange in the best way. Mismatched buttons for eyes. Long silver hair. A scruffy gray beard. He wears what looks like an old-fashioned white linen shirt, grayish beige breeches, grey stockings, and black, buckled shoes. There are little tattoos embroidered on his arm—tiny anchors, stars, skulls, and a snake, among others, swirls of thread meant to look like ink.
    Stede hugs it to his chest without thinking.
    He loves it immediately."

    When they’re young, Stede and Ed each get a doll that looks uncannily like the other—though they’ve never met. They grow up just a few miles apart, treating their dolls like best friends: sewing them tiny outfits, bringing them along on every adventure, and confiding in them like old friends. It’s sweet, a little odd, and maybe even a touch magical.
    Years later, when Stede and Ed finally cross paths as adults, they’re struck by a strange, impossible realization: each of them looks exactly like the other’s childhood doll.

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    27 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 25

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    “Murder is one thing,” said Stede. “Who around here hasn’t done a bit of murder, now and then? But methodically entombing someone under the floor is just being a touch extra about it, don’t you think?”

    “Exactly! There’s a perfectly good ocean right there for dumping bodies in! Nature’s corpse disposal service!”

    “Just think of all the fish he might have fed!”

    (In which Ed and Stede's prospective inn may or may not be cursed and/or haunted, but it's definitely cockblocking them.)

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    21 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 57

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    Middle-aged writer Edward Teach is on an extended sabbatical to finish the last novel in his most successful series, but just when it finally looks like he’s going to wrap things up, a cute, blond, twenty-something waltzes in to derail his epilogue.

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    19 May 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 54

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    Alma does try to sleep, but it’s a new place, full of new sounds, and she’s not oblivious like Louis. She’s interested in these things! There are shouts up above, on deck, to haul in the ropes and unfurl the sails. Soon enough, she can feel the ship move all around them. The gentle floating motion deepens into a steady rocking, and the sound of the waves overwhelms the voices. She wishes desperately to hear them. Everyone on deck must be busy setting the course, now! But if everyone’s on deck… There’s probably no one in the hallways. Alma could sneak up and get one last look for the night, see them actually pirating. Then she’ll go right back to bed. Promise!

    - An AU in which Stede drags the family along -

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    16 May 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 20

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    Stede arrives at his childhood home to celebrate his father's birthday.
    Things do not go as planned.
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    Stede's father gets murdered the night after his birthday party, and now everyone is a suspect.

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    12 Apr 2026