Captian’s Log – Page 71 – Tale Told

The Howling Call

The moonlight streams through our ship's wreck, her shadow stretching over the sands as I ignore my bandaged ankle and run for all I'm worth. The beach gives under my…

Spooky Season—Let’s GO!

Well, it's October 1st and we're shifting straight into high gear spooky mode as two of my short stories are now set for publication in the Futurist Letters. I am…

Caught in your Light

O God, through this misery, be glorified.Through my pain, lead me nearer your throne.I am nothing, of no account.Dust swept up by a breeze.Soon, I fall back to earth. O…

Through Death

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The shambling shapes are pressing nearand through their moans I seem to heara voice that is to me so dear.Thus swells in me a deeper fear. My love, my darling,…

The Placid Island of the Fourth Estate

The thing was crawling down the street, its slimy trail, glistening on the cobblestones, shone brightly under the lamplight. It was one of the first to crawl out of the…

Forty-Two

I have been thinking a lot about the number forty-two. There can be a whole heap of wisdom stored up in just a little bit of foolishness. Forty-two is the…

New Moon

Bright star in the night,bright star, my delight,cannot you speak of the moon,your mistress moon adorned in gloom? Dust's son, tired earth,whom death called at birth,why ask of the moon,of…

Education’s Cost

It's raining tonight. A soft sound, gentle, at my window. But the dreams are far, far away. Instead, there are the drums, mixing with the rain, drums perpetual still beating…

From the Archives: On Second Chances

Hey readers, I'm sick. Missed work and all that. Can barely form a sentence before falling back into a sort of listless dream. Here's something I wrote a while back.…

Lovesick and Alone

He softly strummed the alien chords, filling the night with an eerie sound that was almost disharmony. I could not deny, though, that even here there was music, and so…