Captian's Log From the Typewriter: Caiaphas 11 May 2021 The lunatics are driving me to distraction. There is one in particular. He has been the bane of my existence since coming to the hospital. I find him worse than…
Captian's Log The Rhyming Madman 10 May 2021 The madman is calmer now. I spy him in the darkness of his cell cowering within the corner. Still, a certain rigidness in his neck warns me that the storms…
Captian's Log A Poem for Mother’s Day 9 May 2021 When the dragons return to the earth,and the maids of the sea come to land,when the heart of a man is made clean,and the eyes of the soul are refreshed,when…
Captian's Log Tomato Tomato 8 May 20218 May 2021 "Another fish fell from the sky today," I say. "And what happened to the fish?" the doctor asks me. "He asked for some smokes, but I don't smoke, so I…
Captian's Log ברך 7 May 2021 I need to rage about Hebrew for a hot minute. So, imagine my face when I found out that the word for sin (חטא) can also mean not sin, blameless.…
Captian's Log By the Power of Textual Criticism 6 May 2021 I talked with a ghost once, or at a ghost. She didn't say much, just sort of moaned, rattling the chains of her damnation at intervals. I didn't really know…
Captian's Log Lucy Is Coming 5 May 2021 "I forgot to tell you, Lucy is coming over," he said, quickly ducking out the door before I could respond. There were a few blissful moments between hearing those words…
Captian's Log Drabble: An Unmarked Grave 4 May 2021 The hollow eyes of the skull stare out from the dust, the half unburied skeleton gazing up into the sky. I wonder what tragedy led this man to such an…
Captian's Log Drabble: Preparations in the Dark 3 May 2021 The music of the anvil echoes in the dark while the red glow of the furnace pulses. Within their smoking mountain, the dwarves are hard at work. Preparation. Preparation. Preparation.…
Captian's Log Short Story: Reunion with a Vampire 2 May 2021 "Your beauty is still as deadly as the day I first saw you," I say. I watch her face. The eyes narrow a moment. I smile back at her. "Do…