Captian's Log Mizzen Stars 18 Feb 2021 How they shine, those mizzen stars, whose pale light lies between pure darkness and bright dawn. What decorations they make, twinkling like broken glass. How we below do mark their…
Captian's Log The Murderer 17 Feb 2021 The night is long, its hours stretching like shadows in the setting sun. Last night has stretched far, stretching even into the morning, and the new day is tainted by…
Captian's Log The Tower and the Dell 16 Feb 2021 The hollow bell of the distant tower peals across the land with a regular pounding tone. The first of these resounding knells broke through the gossip and laughter of the…
Captian's Log Power Out 14 Feb 2021 Well, I don't have power, and I barely have a signal to try to post. Worked out a little poem, but it is on my computer. My phone won't connect…
Captian's Log Short Poem: Goodnight, Sleep Tight 14 Feb 2021 Gone is the dayOn which we play.Out comes the night—Dancing starlight.Now we must sleepIn slumber deep.Grant us, we pray,Hope for new day.Tomorrow's the dream. Soft is my bed.Lost is my…
Captian's Log Drabble Series: Distant 13 Feb 2021 Eventually, by some odd circumstance, this debris, caught in the various pulls of diverse stars, gradually found itself in an eon long circuit. Its arrivals, well predicted on three distinct…
Captian's Log Drabble Series: Distant 12 Feb 2021 An old and weathered bit of metal goes on its ceaseless course, a silent hearse lost in the endless night of space. Still, the stars outside its window have hardly…
Captian's Log Drabble Series: Distant 11 Feb 2021 A child sees a starship taking off, its mighty thrusters bellowing as it forces its haughty path into the vast and unexplored. His heart is on that ship, and he…
Captian's Log Drabble Series: Distant 10 Feb 2021 I gaze upon the crystal stars, my white breath fogging up the glass. The little cabin grows colder as space invades. This foreign sky holds no constellations for me, nor…
Captian's Log Drabble Series: Distant 9 Feb 2021 Hurtling through space at speeds my mind could not fathom, and yet the distant stars would not be bothered to move a single inch. Lost in a cramped escape pod,…