Captian's Log The Tongue 23 Dec 2023 The hurt on his face cut at my soul, but the words kept pouring from my mouth. I could not stop—I prayed I'd stop, but it was like a whole…
Captian's Log Strange Is the Wind 22 Dec 2023 Strange is the wind which blows over the lost desert, for in that howling waste, whispers may be heard of ancient cries to battle, echoes of the love songs of…
Captian's Log Sad Ghost 21 Dec 2023 This last piece was news to me. I looked over my shoulder and saw Fred, yawning over a cup of coffee. "Really? A goat's head?" I asked. He grunted. "No…
Captian's Log Sad Ghost 20 Dec 2023 Ez the bookworm chimed in in her monotonous drone. "According to legend, the sad ghost, as it's called, was an unnamed visitor to the castle—" I thought I'd improve everyone's…
Captian's Log Sad Ghost 19 Dec 2023 The latest addition to the crew seemed highly agitated by all this. He nearly threw his spoon down and cast me what I suppose was meant to be a sharp…
Captian's Log Sad Ghost 18 Dec 2023 "I saw the sad ghost," I said at breakfast. The mood at table seemed rather despondent, and I found my mouth moving to fill up the silence. "Passed me on…
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,…