Captian's Log The Old Tome 20 Nov 202318 Nov 2023 I had tried to unlock the mysteries of the old tome. The cracked leaves, the forgotten script, each and every hidden glyph—they're all here in my head, chiseled deep into…
Captian's Log A Hard Road 19 Nov 202318 Nov 2023 I walked a long and weary road to find you here beneath the earth, beneath a stone, beneath your name. I found your grave. I felt such shame. I wept,…
Captian's Log Sighs in Babylon 18 Nov 2023 "There's always a horribly foreign element in everything you say; imperial, even," I sighed. "Even if I thought your meandering prevarications could somehow hold together long enough to constitute an…
Captian's Log Death’s Lies 17 Nov 2023 The soft, inviting slumber of the dead, the comfort found when buried underground— all lies. Nothing is true in what she said. And now I lie forlorn in death's dark…
Captian's Log The Deadly Charms of Zalu’um 16 Nov 2023 The deadly charms of Zalu'um the white tipped banners, the horrid hum, the minstrels with their doubled face the spectral dance, the silent grace and dreams that no one knows…
Captian's Log Smiling in the Dark 15 Nov 2023 The smiling thing in the darkness of my dreams perturbs me. Is it just a smile, a wicked, spreading smile filled with laughter and delighting in some secret-kept malice, or…
Captian's Log The Gargoyle 14 Nov 2023 Within a hidden nook above our heads, a vigil's kept, my chiseled guardian. Below his stony gaze, our world now spreads; his silent welcome leads and pulls me in. I…
Captian's Log Who Am I? 13 Nov 2023 I don't know who I am, and fear I'll lose my way.I wander after dark, searching for the day.Perhaps someone will hear, perhaps someone will know,perhaps she will draw near,…
Captian's Log Moondust 12 Nov 202311 Nov 2023 When the clouds parted, and the moonlight streamed down upon the square, I saw the stalking shadows. There was something in the faces of the monsters…Joel, the shopkeeper, those were…
Captian's Log Prayer: Where Are You? 11 Nov 2023 What is my hope, O God? Where do I look? Where are you in this misery? I have sinned from my birth, cut from the womb, near dead, but I…