Captian’s Log – Page 138 – Tale Told

Bad Dreams

The song of the night is a pleasant dream. When that song is sung, and the voices scream, all Hell is awake just outside my door, souls lost on the…

I Read, You Listen | The Repairer of Reputations

4 Dec 20223 Dec 2022

https://youtu.be/9KFsCsrl0PE Well, trying to upload a YouTube video for tomorrow, but the darn thing's been sitting at 1% for an hour or so. I don't have high hopes this will…

Guarding the King’s Tomb

Encroaching darkness fills the silent pauses of my eternal watch. Where is the king? Who hears his voice? He is silent in his tall tower; its shadow stretches over all…

A Mad Serenity

When one are two and shadows long to take the place of what belongs to you and me here in our home I must reflect on every moan and shudder…

Palid Mask

1 Dec 20221 Dec 2022

I wear a pallid mask because I have no face, and since you're bound to ask, I'm not from any place save from the darkness of your mind; I'm here…

Whyever

The dead man lay on the floor, like you do, I suppose, when you're dead. Still. He lay there very still. I watched for any sign of movement. I'd heard…

Shy Ghost

Found the picture on twitter. Made me laugh. I thought back to when Mrs. McCully found me hiding behind the stage. I was what, eight? Children's choir, my first performance.…

Stopped by the River

Visited my home state of Oregon. Stopped by the river today. Oregon is the most beautiful place I know of. Here two streams meet. Don't know their names. Had to…

A Proposal

27 Nov 202226 Nov 2022

The vampire is a sniveling sort of coward. He may delight in terrifying an English clerk or helpless woman, but in the end, at the first sign of any real…

Becoming Free

Scarcely had I stood erect after many centuries of being bound, when then, looking up, a bright light stabbed my eyes. I was blinded; immediately thrown into darkness. So I…