Captian's Log The Smile of Death 17 Dec 202316 Dec 2023 I thought I saw death today, minding his own business. I stopped, trying not to stare, but wondering what was that expression there. You know him, yes? He's all bones,…
Captian's Log Cycled King 16 Dec 2023 What ails you there upon the throne, upon the seat of power? For long you strived, yet still you groan, your head bows in this hour? What is this look…
Captian's Log Remains 15 Dec 2023 And when the sun was set upon my world, when the shadows lengthened over the unending winter, when all song had died but for the howling despair of lost ghosts,…
Captian's Log I Saw 14 Dec 2023 I saw, all in a moment, not what was, but in a sense, what ought to be. I should, if I were more sensible—perhaps I should have wept or laughed,…
Captian's Log Stars in the Darkness 13 Dec 2023 And in the deadly night, I paused, a moment's sigh, and gazed above my head into the starry sky. A glimpse was all I caught before the time was done,…
Captian's Log The Sleeper’s Mask 12 Dec 2023 In the ruin of that great house, buried under broken beams, fallen walls, and ash, there lies a mask, a pale mask without expression. Content, the sleeper's mask, its eyes…
Captian's Log Last Stop to Nowhere 11 Dec 2023 A sort of chill was his only company. Winter cut through his shirt with a cold blast of air, and he shivered. Once more, once again, rejection. This also was…
Captian's Log His Perspective 10 Dec 20239 Dec 2023 He watched her, gasping in his final throes, blood pouring from his slashed neck onto his shirt. He watched her as he had always watched her, with wonder and fear…
Captian's Log Her Perspective 9 Dec 2023 She shuddered as the blood ran circles around the drain. The tap was getting hotter, and steam started rising from the sink. A small gasp escaped her as she pulled…
Captian's Log The Devotee of Death 8 Dec 2023 The devotee of death has learned to stand in silent rageat all the living, breathing souls passing before his cage,and sometimes now, he's learned to smile, yet seething in his…