The Lads at Sea, Sailing, Cruising - Ahoy - Recc's Wanted
I recently finished Arcadia by Sineala, and it whet (wet!) my appetite for more of Bodie and Doyle out on the water shagging like mad - on all manner of boats and ships, in the navy, taking a cruise - you get the idea! I was able to remember and find a few stories, but I hope we can get a bigger list together! Which "sailing" stories are your favourites?
If you have ideas about how to categorize these, or about "what counts," please share! (If they live by the sea and one is a sea captain, does it count? for example.) Many of these I haven't read and some which I have read I (am ashamed but admit that I) can't remember...
The Growing List, so far:
Arcadia by Sineala
Devices and Desires by M. Fae Glasgow
Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash by Wickedwords
The True Confessions of Raymond Doyle, or Sea-I5 by tears_of_nienna
A Sailor's Life for Me by Empty Mirrors
Injured Innocents by O Yardley
Island Innocents by Glen Fiddich
A Day on the River by Liriel
Two Men and a Boat by hutchynstarsk (gen)
Sorry, Bodie by Gil Hale
Whispers in the Wind by Anna Parrish
Black Bodie's Treasure by O Yardley
Black Bodie's Bargain by N N West
The Seafarers by Sylvie Orp
Tall, Dark and Beautiful by S. (crossover with Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea)
A Madrigal by Jane (not online)
The Ghost and Raymond Doyle by Barbara Thomas (not online)
On a boat, but moored:
The Riverboat Queen by Fictionwriter
Three Bells by PFL
Trying to Understand by Derry
Paper Flowers by Kitty Fisher (not online, Doyle lives on a moored boat)
Other lists on related topics (may include stories also listed on the main list):
Nautical Lads story list at Palely Loitering
Injured Innocents by O Yardley
Island Innocents by Glen Fiddich
Keeper by Irene (not online)
The Little Merman by Jane Mailander
A Sailor's Life for Me by Josey
Shipwrecked Lads story list at Palely Loitering (*not sure if all are on theme)
Marooned by Anne Carr
Silent Star by Elizabeth Holden
Swept Away by Alexandra
Survival by Melanie Athene
Discovered on a Gangplank
link and downloadable zine at Palely Loitering (are on the theme of pirates, anywhere, *not on a boat)
Stories include:
*The Pirate of Penzance by Callisto (by the sea)
*Brethren of the Coast by Rebelcat
Three Bells by PFL
*Discovered In A Car by Thora Arwin
*Just Enough Rope by Slantedlight (although it has a story from Bodie's days at sea!)
*Tick Tock by Josey
Not so much at sea as *in* the sea:
Sule Skerrie by Shoshanna
The Little Merman by Jane Mailander