Captian’s Log – Page 147 – Tale Told

The Beauty of the Sun

The sun came out from behind the clouds, and the dirty wet street, with its ruts full of rain, gleamed like gold. All was silent in the dead city. I…

A Curse and a Gift

The wizard whispered a strange, ancient spell spoken once so very long, long ago. The red flames of the demon-king's eyes dimmed, and the wild curses spewing from his parsed…

Spider’s Art

4 Sep 20223 Sep 2022

How pretty shines these little strands,this rainbowed silk, the spider's web.How subtle are the weaver's bandswhich hold her guests while their lives ebb.What nightly terrors trouble mewhile wrapped in dreams…

Eleventh Hour

No time is left, the moment's come.Your answer: Yes or no?Hear it now, the beating drum.Be friend? Or be ye foe? All life's a choice we cannot make,and you must…

Sad Dreams

The waves of infinity die upon that shore, casting themselves upon those ancient sands from which time is made. And Death is seen, walking along the shore; his straight path…

Doomless

The dead man stretched and yawned. "What year is it?" he asked. "19--," I said. "You've been dead for fifty years." He nodded, and a somber expression came over his…

A Nightmare

I saw a yellowed tome, there opened on the stand.I read a strange inscription about a foreign land.I dreamed about that place I never truly sawand wept at their condition,…

Semantics in Babel

One of the pieces of evidence I might proffer as to why we live in Babel is that semantics is a derogatory term, is treated as a fallacy, so that…

Again

"I killed a monster. I didn't murder anyone," I said. She gazed at me, her eyes full of sorrow. Shaking her head, she said: "No. You can't kill people. That's…

The Bequest

28 Aug 202227 Aug 2022

It was raining the night I died. In the morning, the trees were covered with glistening dewdrops that sparkled like rainbows and diamonds in the rising sun. My stupid family…