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Table of Contents
Chapter One: Difficult Decisions.  After
conferring with his father, Greybeard,
Brownbeard decides to turn away from a life at
sea.
Chapter Two: A Visit in the Night.  Two letters
arrive for Brownbeard. One for a job offer. The
other from his more famous, better looking
cousin, Blackbeard the Pirate.
“Hoist the Jolly Roger
and prepare to be
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Chapter Three: A Modest Proposal.  The
cousins catch up with one another at the
Barbarous Parrot. Then Blackbeard lowers the
boom.
Chapter Four: Pirate Dreams.  Needing an
accountant for his mammoth pirating operation,
Blackbeard makes an offer to his cousin.
Chapter Five: Accountant Dreams.  
Brownbeard dreams he's an ant. Then an offer
comes for a 'real' job and it's off to Charleston.
Chapter Six: The Fantastic Four.  Brownbeard
is attacked by a mob of numbers thirsty for the
blood of a young accountant.
Chapter Seven: Sleep Shaver Saturday.  
Brownbeard comes to work on the weekend.
But what happened to the rest of the week?
Chapter Eight: What the Parrot Said.
Wandering Charleston's wharves aimlessly,
Brownbeard happens upon a solution to his
mental health issues.
Chapter Nine: A Ship Not For Sale.  And an
invitation to stay for dinner.
Chapter Ten: Pirate Vittles.  Lloyd and Louise
relate to Brownbeard how they first met his
cousin Blackbeard the Pirate.
Chapter Eleven: Splitting Hairs.  Brownbeard
the Accountant becomes Brownbeard the Pirate.
Chapter Twelve: An Uncomfortable Meeting.  
Though short an eyebrow, Brownbeard meets
Snookie face-to-face.
Lucky Chapter Thirteen: A Farewell to Figuring.
A big bash is thrown at the accounting office as
everyone wishes Brownbeard good luck with his
pirating expedition. Well, almost everyone.
Chapter Fourteen: To Hire, or Not To Hire.  
From Boston to New Ferry, let the interviewing
begin!
Chapter Fifteen: Malevolent Machinations of the Mind.  
The bad part of New Ferry is home to more than mere
rogues and scoundrels. Not all nasties are of this world.
Chapter Sixteen: A Dubious Purchase. The proprietor
of Ye Olde Gift Shoppe cons Brownbeard into buying a
magic box. But what kind of tricks can it do?
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Chapter Seventeen: You Won't See Me. Our would-be
pirate goes home. But what should have been the return
of the prodigal son ends badly. Brownbeard's parents
can't see him! Can invisibility be useful to a pirate?
Chapter Nineteen: The Sandy Witch of the South.
Brownbeard meets the old hag of seaside  legend, and
finds her anything but old or ugly. They discuss many
things including the mystery of the skeletons in black.
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-One
Chapter Thirty-Two
Chapter Thirty-Three
Chapter Thirty-Four
Chapter Thirty-Five
Chapter Thirty-Six
Chapter Thirty-Seven
Chapter Thirty-Eight
Chapter Thirty-Nine
Chapter Forty
Chapter Forty-One
Chapter Forty-Two
Chapter Forty-Three
Chapter Forty-Four
Chapter Forty-Five
Epilogue
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Chapter Eighteen: The Sandcastle. Trekking through an
island's enchanted forest, our pirate finds the world's
largest sandcastle. Ready to plunder the booty therein,
he is thwarted by the castle's lovely, bewitching owner.
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