Captian's Log Tower Past 29 Mar 2022 The old tower seemed to have just grown there; it was more like a giant, weathered stump than a castle. I suspect, if we could dig into the bare rock…
By an Idiot A Modest Proposal | By an Idiot 28 Mar 2022 At this point, given the price of meat, the only conceivable solution is that we start butchering our politicians. In times of crisis, we can't afford sentimentality, though how some…
Captian's Log Twilit Carousel 27 Mar 2022 The twilit carousel turns and returns in ever slowing cycles. The ride is over and done—almost done—and we must get off. Inertia, that's all that keeps us spinning. Round and…
Captian's Log Magic 26 Mar 2022 They had killed magic. You could feel it, an entire planet without a soul. Even a city has a soul. They had killed magic. Here, the sun didn't rise, a…
Captian's Log Poem: Meditation on the Soul 25 Mar 2022 Oh the bent and twisted thing a soul becomesthat is not filled by heaven's lightnor sacred darkness seeks.It wraps itself about itself—consumes itself—it leaves itself—perverts itself—and ends without itself.O weak…
Captian's Log Confessions of an Outraged Heart 24 Mar 2022 (Note: If you read only the first part, you will do me a disservice. Either set yourself to read the whole of what I have to say or do not…
Captian's Log Reflections on Our Times 23 Mar 2022 Drunken souls who shield their eyes from light Children never growing up Children are their prey Tear away the lies and let the truth return Men are men not girls…
Captian's Log Death and Chess 22 Mar 2022 "Bah!" grunted Death. "You win." I gazed down at the chessboard. "I thought that was impossible," I said. Death stood, glaring at me. "Then why'd you challenge me to a…
By an Idiot A Modest Proposal | By an Idiot 21 Mar 2022 So, I know nothing—I should start there—I know nothing about Ukraine and Russia. From the info I have, it seems like the Ukrainian people are in the right and are…
Captian's Log The Church 20 Mar 202219 Mar 2022 And I awoke from that dream, as the church bells rang, and stretched in that cold pew. And I saw that the church walls rose up around me as walls…
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