This story was published in the book Jonesy's Chance and Other Tales in 2010. In it an unnamed pirate gives advice to a cabin boy named Jonas. He says he told Calico Jack about Jonas, and Jack believes Jonas will be a captain one day.
Category: short story
The Ballad of Ann Bonny by Alasdair Gray
This poem was published in Best European Fiction 2010. It is narrated by a retired crewmate of Ann Bonny's, after she has died. He says Ann was 20 years older than him and ugly, but men still pursued her and she fought them off with violence. She was in love and obsessed with a 14-year-old… Continue reading The Ballad of Ann Bonny by Alasdair Gray
Focus of Desire by Elise Matthesen
This story was published in the 2008 anthology Haunted Hearths & Sapphic Shades: Lesbian Ghost Stories. The protagonist reads a book of lesbian erotica that features a story about Anne Bonney and Mary Read having sex with a "gradually enthusiastic captive."
Pirate Solutions by Katherine Sparrow
This story was published in the 2008 anthology Fast Ships, Black Sails. It's about a group of present day people who drink magical rum that lets them hallucinate about being pirates. The lives of Mary Read, Anne Bonny, and Jack Rackham are not described in detail, but their years of birth and death are given:… Continue reading Pirate Solutions by Katherine Sparrow
Les fruits défendus by Thérèse Moreau
This story was published in the 1997 book Le grand livre des recettes secrètes. The main character, Ginger, idolizes Anne Bonny. According to Ginger, Anne was betrayed by her husband and murdered him in a brothel.
Annie Bonny la pirata by Mercedes Franco
This adorable picture book was published in 2005. Annie Bonny's Uncle Sean sailed with Long Ben Avery and gives her a pet caiman named Molly, who narrates the story. Annie marries John Rackham and joins his crew disguised as a man under the name Joe. She establishes the custom of spreading sand on the deck… Continue reading Annie Bonny la pirata by Mercedes Franco
Les Filles de la flibuste
This story was published in the 2000 children's book Histoires de pirates and is described as a traditional story with no author credited. John Rackam is called Rackam le Rouge and Anne Bonny is described as his British fiancée. Mary's lover is taken off a merchant ship that the pirates capture in May. She tells… Continue reading Les Filles de la flibuste
Under the Flag of Night by Ian McDowell
This story was published in the March 2004 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction. It is set in 1724 and told from Anne Bonny's point of view. In Anne's backstory, the rest of the pirates know she and Mary Reed are women. In the audience at the trial is Christian Sotheby, an acquaintance of Anne's father.… Continue reading Under the Flag of Night by Ian McDowell
Confession of the Pyrate Mary Read by Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan
This story was first published in the 2004 collection Culture of Community. It is told in first person from Mary Read's perspective in jail and is then followed by an omniscient historical note. Mary seems to be in the navy when she meets Anne Bonny who boards the ship apparently as a pirate captain. Mary… Continue reading Confession of the Pyrate Mary Read by Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan
Pirates by Robert Boyczuk
This story was first published in the Spring 2003 issue of Descant. The story is told from the perspective of Bartholomew Roberts, who finds a trail of destruction left in the wake of the Bachelor's Delight, an all-woman pirate ship captained jointly by Mary Read and Anne Bonny. Bartholomew is afraid of women and has… Continue reading Pirates by Robert Boyczuk
Depictions of John Rackam, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read 