Captian's Log Halloween Memory 24 Jul 2022 The paper mask hangs there on the wall, a memory. I cannot take it down. It rests between the stars, beside the waxing moon. I sometimes think of her. I…
Captian's Log Philip 23 Jul 202221 Jul 2022 The skeleton lifted his cursed sword as he slowly stepped toward his opponent, his unmoving opponent. Blood from Philip's wound fell onto the polished, mirrorlike blade of his father's weapon.…
Captian's Log Philip 22 Jul 202221 Jul 2022 "I said I would," he groaned. "I've come to claim what was lost." "You can barely stand." "I invoke," gasped Philip, "the right to combat." "You have no sword." "You…
Captian's Log Philip 21 Jul 202221 Jul 2022 "You've had trouble." The observation almost made him laugh. "Yes," Philip replied. The old, skeletal figure nodded its white, bald head in acknowledgement without any change coming over its shriveled…
Captian's Log Dreams of the Beach 20 Jul 2022 The white waves of the sea threw themselves onto the shore with a somewhat desperate air. The tide was receding, and the ocean kept sending its cold hands up the…
Captian's Log Bright 19 Jul 202220 Jul 2022 He beamed at me. The rock was on his desk, waiting there by his hand. I tried to keep my eyes from it, but they kept slipping toward it. It…
Captian's Log Speeding Away 18 Jul 2022 How speedy is the second hand,revolving all the day;how swift to fall, the grains of sand,counting the hour away. And all of time is madthe nights and days are oneno…
Captian's Log The First Sword 17 Jul 2022 When the first sword was forged, it was crud, but it was forged. The man who forged it wanted to kill a god. You see, there was a mighty-man in…
Captian's Log Short: Peeking Through the Mists 16 Jul 2022 When part the curling mists about the gorge and through the tangled web of trees you spy the rapids white, the pool all deep and dark, there's whispered in the…
Captian's Log Pink Flowers 15 Jul 2022 What a sweet and gentle picture; flowers in a garden, pink against summer blue skies. And there, just a whisp of white, tendrils of clouds, not enough to be cloudy…
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