Captian's Log Death’s Letter 11 Jul 202310 Jul 2023 Dear Life, I found I had a quiet hour this evening. Our subject stayed inside because of the rain, so that's another victory for you. I knew it was a…
Captian's Log Reprieve 10 Jul 20238 Jul 2023 "Men have been killed for less," I said, cocking the gun. "And unjustly killed, I might add. Many a gallows has snapped an innocent neck, and even a guilty neck,…
Captian's Log Grinning 9 Jul 20231 Jul 2023 I killed a man and learned to grin. Better smile than show your sin, for once the tears begin few can rein them in. I hid it all under a…
Captian's Log A Quiet Escape 8 Jul 20231 Jul 2023 Walking by the river in the fog, the heavy sand gives slowly under my foot, holding the impression of my soles clearly, like a cast. I glance over my shoulder…
Captian's Log Dreams or Memories 7 Jul 20231 Jul 2023 I don't know where I was. Maybe it's just a dream. It felt industrial. Big, empty places, like it could have been a warehouse. There was a boiler. I remember…
Captian's Log The Toy Maker 6 Jul 20231 Jul 2023 The hunched figure shuddered, and a long, thin arm readjusted the rather worn hat resting on its head. The appendage retreated back to the workbench, and the beetle-like creature sighed.…
Captian's Log Horror in the Cave 5 Jul 20231 Jul 2023 The soft plunk-plunk woke me. The dribble had woven itself in and out of my dreams like a metronome. Before I could open my eyes, waves of nausea assaulted my…
Captian's Log 2023: Fourth of July 4 Jul 20231 Jul 2023 Happy Fourth of July. I've been thinking about RFK Jr.'s recent rise. Besides his vaccine opposition and criticism of "big pharma," positions for which I have sympathy, I find I'm…
Captian's Log Bat 3 Jul 20231 Jul 2023 The bat is circling in the air, a crisscrossing path free of care, a shadow in a darkening sky; in the night, the shadows fly.
Captian's Log Fevered Rambling 2 Jul 20231 Jul 2023 I'm fighting a fever, and I never know if I'm in my right mind. I know, for a brief moment, when I wake up, when clarity breaks through the haze,…
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