Captian's Log The Empty City 21 Oct 2021 The fevered rain fell like waves over the city and her bare streets, fell splashing and crashing over her deserted roads. Her gutters gurgled and spat, her sewers overflowed, and…
Captian's Log Poem: Halloween 20 Oct 2021 Hear the wind wailingAcross the darkened streetsListen to the howlsLonging for tasty treatsOpen your eyesWitness a surpriseEveryone in costume Escaping a fake tombNot a one without a smile
Captian's Log Short: Our Last Night 19 Oct 2021 The fading light stretched through the wall of windows, painting the apartment orange. He sat in his chair, facing the sunset, his rifle resting upon his lap. "The world's last…
Captian's Log Drabble: Kept Safe 18 Oct 2021 What's left to me of my mind, I keep in a matchbox. Sometimes, I like to shake it, hear it rattle around. Mostly, I don't think about it. I don't…
Captian's Log Drabble: The Slow Consumption of Mr. Duke 17 Oct 2021 "The Frog King ate Mr. Duke," I said. "So, that happened." "Mr. Duke?" "Yeah, the delegate from the Triple Green. His tongue just shot out and then Mr. Duke was…
Captian's Log Poem: From Year to Year 16 Oct 2021 There is a quiet place I knowthat's never touched by winter's snow.There is a land uncharted yeto'er which the sun will never set. Its fields are green, its valley wide,its…
Captian's Log From the Archives: The Hannibal Books 15 Oct 2021 With a little hel(l/p) from my insomnia, I've finally finished the Hannibal books. Now, I should probably start at the beginning, which technically wasn't the beginning, because I didn't start…
Captian's Log Poem: Chorale of the Stars 14 Oct 202115 Oct 2021 The secret whispers of the night,like whisps of fog across the moon,enchant within that sacred light.Hear it now, "The time is soon." The gentle chorale of the stars, their everpresent…
Captian's Log From the Archives: On Characterization 13 Oct 2021 Originally posted on https://thestoryclub.locals.com/ One of my favorite moments of characterization comes from Doctor Who, a story arc titled, The Green Death. In the final scene, once all the weird…
Captian's Log Three Shorts 12 Oct 2021 Morgue: The morgue was quiet in the day, and the locks on the caskets were unnecessary. Once dawn broke through the window, the morgue was perfectly safe. But I could…
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