8th (Almost) Nut Out of the Locker: Sibling Rivalry
Author: Powdermonkey
Universe: AWE
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack, Eliz
Category: Backstory, Adventure
Summary: What was the Brethren Court all about? Who has the biggest boons? Is Norrington really dead? What is there to eat at Shipwreck Cove? How many cunning plans can you fit into one movie? Why does Jack's mum have a 'tache? Standalone fic that fills the gap between the seventh and ninth Nuts Out stories. Not a proper Nut because Elizabeth grabs centre stage, while Barbossa machinates quietly in the wings. (Nuts Out series, Part 7.5)
Sequel to: 7th Nut Out of the Locker
(2008)

Bad Company
Author: Hippediva and Elessil
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack, James
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Backstory, Adventure, Pie
Summary: New Midshipman Norrington has his first shoreleave in Yarmouth. Includes a G-rated illustration.
(2006)

Barter
Author: Gloria Mundi
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack
Category: Backstory
Summary: "Last time the rumrunners who used this island as a cache came by, and I was able to barter a passage off." Barter? With what? Set ten years before the movie, three days after the mutiny.
(2003)

Barter Challenge ficlet
Author: Doolabug
Universe: CotBP
Rating: G
Focus: Jack
Category: Backstory
Summary: Just how did Jack get off that island?
(2005)

Beads
Author: Dee
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack
Category: Backstory, Adventure, Ship Life
Summary: Did you think Jack wore his hair like that for purely aesthetic reasons?
Sequel to: Finding North
(2003)

Carried Home By You
Author: Hippediva and Elessil
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Fluff, Backstory
Summary: Clandestine affairs sometimes bring unexpected confidences and unanticipated pleasures.
(2005)

Costly
Author: L.M. Griffin
Universe: DMC
Rating: G
Focus: Jack, James, Will, Eliz
Category: Angst, Backstory
Summary: The butcher's bill needed paying.
(2006)

Crimson
Author: Gloria Mundi
Universe: CotBP
Rating: R
Focus: Jack, Barbossa
Pairing: Jack/Barbossa
Category: Backstory, First Time
Summary: Why Elizabeth had to wear that dress.
(2003)

Crumbs From Your Table
Author: The Dala
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Fluff, Backstory
Summary: "I'll have you know my mother was a saint"
(2005)

Cursed Pirates
Author: Gloria Mundi
Universe: CotBP
Rating: R
Focus: Jack, Barbossa
Pairing: Jack/Barbossa
Category: Backstory, Supernatural, Ship Life
Summary: Follows Scarlet and Crimson. After mutiny and marooning, Barbossa realises that he is the victim of a curse.
Sequel to: Scarlet
(2003)

Dangerous Things
Author: Lilfluffykitten
Universe: CotBP
Rating: G
Focus: Jack, James
Category: Backstory
Summary: The truly dangerous things don't come out at night.
(2008)

Dreams
Author: DrBillBongo
Universe: CotBP
Rating: G
Focus: Jack, Barbossa
Category: Backstory
Summary: Ten years before the events of CotBP, Captain Jack Sparrow and his crew get a chance to change their fate.
(2006)

Everyone Wants Jack
Author: Webcrowmancer
Universe: CotBP
Rating: R
Focus: Jack
Category: Drabble, Backstory, Humor
Summary: It's not hard to see why everyone wants a piece of Captain Jack Sparrow. He really is a fine specimen, after all. At times it's bloody inconvenient, particularly when it happens to be his own crew, or the new boy, or Navy's men who just can't seem to keep their hands off him. But it is good to be wanted. There's more than enough to go around, keep everyone happy. Though some have a funny way of showing it. So long as there's enough rum involved, no reason why everyone can't have as much of Jack as their heart desires.
(2003)

Fair Exchange
Author: Gloria Mundi
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack
Category: Backstory
Summary: A fair exchange is no robbery. Honestly. Sequel to Barter.
Sequel to: Barter
(2007)

Finding Jerusalem
Author: Manic Intent
Universe: DMC, AU
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack, James
Category: Backstory
Summary: AU. After the hurricane, James makes a different sort of retreat.
(2006)
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Finding North
Author: Dee
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack, Ship
Pairing: Jack/Pearl
Category: Backstory, Adventure, Ship Life
Summary: "How did Jack come by that compass?"
(2003)

First Drink
Author: Garnet
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack, Barbossa
Pairing: Jack/Barbossa
Category: Backstory
Summary: Way back in the beginning. these two guys met in a bar, see. (First in the Jack/Barbossa series, but can be read alone)
(2003)

From Hell: Down Below
Author: Gloria Mundi
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack
Pairing: Jack/Will
Category: Backstory
Summary: A man so evil that Hell itself spat him back out.
(2003)
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From Hell: Flames
Author: Gloria Mundi
Universe: CotBP
Rating: G
Focus: Jack
Pairing: Jack/Eliz
Category: Backstory
Summary: A man so evil that Hell itself spat him back out.
(2003)

From Hell: Judgment Day
Author: Gloria Mundi
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Backstory
Summary: A man so evil that Hell itself spat him back out.
(2003)

From Hell: Remembering
Author: Gloria Mundi
Universe: CotBP
Rating: NC-17
Focus: Jack
Pairing: Other
Category: PWP, Backstory, Ship Life
Summary: PWP written waaaay back when I was exploring the crossover/AU/whatever that became the From Hell triptych.
(2003)

Fulfillment
Author: Garnet
Universe: CotBP
Rating: NC-17
Focus: Jack, Barbossa, Ship
Pairing: Jack/Barbossa
Category: Angst, Backstory, Ship Life
Summary: Barbossa gets his revenge, maroons Jack, and finds fulfillment is not all he had hoped it would be. (Third in the Jack/Barbossa series, but can be read alone)
Sequel to: What a Man Can Have
(2004)

A Funny Old World
Author: Gileonnen
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack, James
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Fluff, Backstory
Summary: The legend of Jack Sparrow ends after a pitched battle with the British Navy... but that's hardly the end of his life.
(2003)

Gold
Author: Gileonnen
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack, Will
Pairing: Jack/Will
Category: Backstory
Summary: Not all treasure is forged of gold, but all gold is treasure, and a pirate loves his treasure.
(2003)

Human Voices
Author: Edoraslass
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Backstory
Summary: Various points in Jack's life.
(2007)

I Did But See Her Passing By
Author: Gloria Mundi
Universe: CotBP
Rating: G
Focus: Jack, Ship
Pairing: Jack/Pearl
Category: Backstory, Supernatural
Summary: A ghost story for All Hallows' Eve.
(2005)

Left Behind
Author: Garnet
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack, Barbossa
Pairing: Jack/Barbossa
Category: Angst, Backstory
Summary: Barbossa's thoughts upon first seeing Jack upon the Isla de Muerta. (Last in the Jack/Barbossa series, but can be read alone)
Sequel to: Fulfillment
(2004)

A Man with Eyes like the Sea
Author: Culumacilinte
Universe: CotBP
Rating: G
Focus: Jack
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Backstory
Summary: The only thing Jack's ever really loved is the sea, but when he meets a man with eyes like the sea, he can't help but fall in love with him too.
(2006)

Many A Broken Spar and Tatter'd Sail
Author: Edoraslass
Universe: CotBP, DMC, AWE, AU
Rating: R
Focus: Jack
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Angst, Death, Backstory, Supernatural
Summary: He doesn't expect to remember everything. He's almost two hundred years old, give or take a decade or three, it's 's all started to blur and Jack's never been very good at keeping track of time anyway.
(2008)
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A Matter of Leverage
Author: Gryphons Lair
Universe: CotBP
Rating: G
Focus: Jack
Category: Backstory
Summary: Just how DID Jack get off that island? (Men Must Work universe)
(2005)
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Monsters
Author: Gloria Mundi
Universe: CotBP
Rating: G
Focus: Jack
Category: Backstory
Summary: Here there be monsters, immortal and invulnerable.
(2003)

No Ties, No Distractions
Author: Gileonnen
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack, James
Category: Backstory, Ship Life
Summary: The life of a seaman is full of peril and songs and good drink. But it's also downright boring... unless one has the right mindset.
(2003)

One Pissed Pirate
Author: Hippediva
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack, Gibbs
Category: Backstory
Summary: Two pirates walked into a bar.*G*
(2005)

Reasons
Author: Lilfluffykitten
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack, James
Category: Backstory
Summary: Pride, Envy, Lust, Diligence.
(2006)

Round the Points
Author: Penknife
Universe: DMC
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack
Category: Backstory, Supernatural
Summary: The compass has never steered him wrong before.
(2007)

Rum - The Magical Drink
Author: L.M. Griffin
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack, James
Category: Backstory
Summary: Yes, you all thought it couldn't happen. but here it is. A Wren non-Slash, straight story that's just about Jack. All right, mostly. Starring Young Jack/Rum, Young Jack/ "Puppy"
(2003)

A Sail of Silver
Author: Hippediva
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack, Gibbs
Category: Angst, Backstory
Summary: Follows One Pissed Pirate. Set 8 years prior to POTC:Curse of the Black Pearl, Jack has secrets haunting him.
Sequel to: One Pissed Pirate
(2005)

Scarlet
Author: Gloria Mundi
Universe: CotBP
Rating: NC-17
Focus: Jack, Barbossa
Pairing: Jack/Barbossa
Category: Backstory, First Time
Summary: "Will you play, Jack?" "I play to win." Prequel to Crimson, set about ten years before the movie.
(2003)

Seven Hair Drabbles
Author: Hija Paloma
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack
Category: Drabble, Backstory
Summary: Jack's people.
(2003)

Sixteen Ways
Author: Doolabug and Juniper200
Universe: CotBP, DMC, X-Over
Rating: NC-17
Focus: Jack
Pairing: Jack/James, Jack/Will, Jack/Eliz, Other
Category: Fluff, Backstory, Ship Life
Summary: "I bet the 'real' Jack knows sixteen ways to get opium into his body."
(2007)

Surprisingly Pleasing to the Heart
Author: Garnet
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack, James
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Backstory
Summary: A Norrington vignette, takes place a few months or so after the end of the [first] movie.
(2004)
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Tall Ship Prologue 1: Shine
Author: Powdermonkey
Universe: CotBP, DMC, AWE
Rating: R
Focus: Jack, Other Canon
Category: Backstory
Summary: Jack's backstory, day zero. The first Tall Ship Tale, but you can read it on its own.
(2007)

Tall Ship Prologue 2: Names
Author: Powdermonkey
Universe: CotBP, DMC, AWE
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack
Category: Backstory
Summary: Jack's backstory, days 266 and 275 (give or take a couple of weeks). The second Tall Ship Tale, but you can read it on its own.
Sequel to: Tall Ship Prologue 1: Shine
(2007)

Tall Ship Tales 1: A Keel
Author: Powdermonkey
Universe: CotBP, DMC, AWE
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack
Category: Backstory, Adventure
Summary: First of five stories that take Jack from landlocked childhood to Shipwreck Cove. In this one, Jack does some travelling, but it's not clear if he's getting anywhere. Tall Ship Tale follow on from Shine and Names, but you don't have to read them first.
Sequel to: Tall Ship Prologue 2: Names
(2008)

Tall Ship Tales 2: A Hull
Author: Powdermonkey
Universe: CotBP, DMC, AWE
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack
Category: Backstory, Adventure
Summary: Second of five Tall Ship Tales that take Jack from landlocked childhood to Shipwreck Cove. In this one, Jack discovers the ocean and finds out what a cartographer does. You can read this on its own, but it works best if you start at the beginning.
Sequel to: Tall Ship Tales 1: A Keel
(2008)

Tall Ship Tales 3: A Deck
Author: Powdermonkey
Universe: CotBP, DMC, AWE
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack
Category: Backstory, Adventure
Summary: Third of five Tall Ship Tales that take Jack from landlocked childhood to Shipwreck Cove. In this one, Jack finally goes to sea and discovers he can have too much of a good thing. You can read this on its own, but it works best if you start at the beginning.
Sequel to: Tall Ship Tales 2: A Hull
(2008)

Tall Ship Tales 4: Sails
Author: Powdermonkey
Universe: CotBP, DMC, AWE
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack
Category: Backstory, Supernatural, Adventure
Summary: Fourth of Tall Ship Tales that take Jack from landlocked childhood to Shipwreck Cove. Jack in Polynesia. You can start here if you don't mind not knowing how Jack got to the Pacific in the first place. Or you can read them in order.
Sequel to: Tall Ship Tales 3: A Deck
(2008)

Tall Ship Tales 5: A Ship
Author: Powdermonkey
Universe: CotBP, DMC, AWE
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack
Category: Backstory, Supernatural, Adventure
Summary: Last of five Tall Ship Tales that take Jack from landlocked childhood to Shipwreck Cove. Is he nearly there yet? You can start here if you want to get straight to Teague, but things will make a lot more sense if you read them in order.
Sequel to: Tall Ship Tales 4: Sails
(2008)

Ten Years Gone 2
Author: Gloria Mundi
Universe: CotBP
Rating: NC-17
Focus: Jack, Barbossa
Pairing: Jack/Barbossa
Category: Backstory, Supernatural, Ship Life
Summary: Ooooh, guess who we found in the cells at Port Royal, Captain? On curses, betrayal and nemeses.
Sequel to: Ten Years Gone 1
(2004)

Ten Years Gone 3
Author: Gloria Mundi
Universe: CotBP
Rating: NC-17
Focus: Jack, Barbossa
Pairing: Jack/Barbossa
Category: Backstory, Supernatural, Ship Life
Summary: Ooooh, guess who we found in the cells at Port Royal, Captain? On curses, betrayal and nemeses.
Sequel to: Ten Years Gone 2
(2004)

Truths & Lies 2: Slightly Embroidered
Author: Powdermonkey
Universe: CotBP, DMC
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack, Bootstrap
Pairing: Jack/Bootstrap
Category: Backstory
Summary: Will and Elizabeth have persuaded Jack to tell them the truth about Bill Turner, but Jack and the truth are easily parted. Part of the Truths & Lies series, but can be read as a standalone.
Sequel to: Truths & Lies 1: And The Truth Shall Set You Free
(2007)

Truths & Lies 3: Superficially True
Author: Powdermonkey
Universe: CotBP
Rating: R
Focus: Jack
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Backstory
Summary: Norrington uncovers a mystery among Jack's tattoos. Part of the Truths & Lies series, but can be read as a standalone.
Sequel to: Truths & Lies 2: Slightly Embroidered
(2007)

Truths & Lies 5: Hector's Bargain
Author: Powdermonkey
Universe: CotBP, DMC
Rating: NC-17
Focus: Jack, Barbossa, Bootstrap, Other Canon
Pairing: Other
Category: Backstory, Supernatural
Summary: Tia makes Barbossa an offer involving Jack's past and future. Pre-mutiny backstory. Part of the Truths & Lies series, but can be read as a standalone.
Sequel to: Truths & Lies 4: Dear Jack
(2007)

Turnings
Author: Hippediva
Universe: CotBP
Rating: G
Focus: Jack
Category: Backstory
Summary: Locked in the Pearl's brig just before the battle with the Interceptor, Jack has some thoughts.
(2005)

What a Man Can Have
Author: Garnet
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack, Barbossa, Ship
Pairing: Jack/Barbossa
Category: Angst, Backstory, Ship Life
Summary: On one small thing may the future and a man's fortunes sometimes depend. (Second in the Jack/Barbossa series, but can be read alone)
Sequel to: First Drink
(2003)

Where Did You Find Them?
Author: Shrieking_Ell
Universe: CotBP, X-Over
Rating: G
Focus: Jack, Will
Category: Backstory
Summary: A missing scene after Jack and Will take the Interceptor to Tortuga and before Gibbs has assembled his crew. (Crossover: The Princess Bride and The Pirates of Penzance.)
(2005)

Where Your Heart Truly Lies
Author: Order of Chaos
Universe: CotBP
Rating: G
Focus: Jack, James
Category: Backstory
Summary: Jack's escape - the thoughts-behind-the-scenes.
(2005)

Year 1: In The First Year Of Their Acquaintance
Author: Tessabeth
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack, Ship, OC
Category: Backstory, Adventure, Ship Life
Summary: How Jack Sparrow came to the Black Pearl.
(2006)

Year 2: In The Second Year Of Their Acquaintance
Author: Tessabeth
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack, Ship, OC
Category: Backstory, Adventure, Ship Life
Summary: Tobias shows one facet of his regard for Jack.
Sequel to: Year 1: In The First Year Of Their Acquaintance
(2006)

Year 3: In The Third Year Of Their Acquaintance
Author: Tessabeth
Universe: CotBP
Rating: R
Focus: Jack, Ship, OC
Category: Backstory, Adventure, Ship Life
Summary: Tobias shows... another facet of his regard for Jack.
Sequel to: Year 2: In The Second Year Of Their Acquaintance
(2006)