Captian's Log The Jungle 20 Feb 202614 Feb 2026 The tiger, bloody mouthed, drinks from the stream to cool his raging thirst. Already, flies are gathered there above the carcass, a buzzing cloud behind that tree. Soon, the smell…
Captian's Log Ran Round Its Years 8 Feb 202631 Jan 2026 He gazed at me with that irresistible grin, and I felt my heart break. "It's time," I said, watching the darkness growing in his eyes. The glass touchscreen felt like…
Captian's Log Darkening Stars 10 Nov 2025 The stars grew dark, the air too thick,the sky a bloody red,and now remark, those lights' hummed lick,were the shrieks of the dead… O Sanguine vault! Pockmarked with blackdepths of…
Captian's Log Canvas White 23 Oct 202522 Oct 2025 The hammer falls, and the stake enters the soft flesh. Blood is flying from the wound. Again, the hammer, the stake drives deeper still, and the blood rushes out. I…
Captian's Log Canvas White 22 Oct 2025 Would I not cling to life as desperately? Does every crime he commit drag him deeper into Hell and every sunset spring him from a darker pit? Can I condemn…
Captian's Log Canvas White 21 Oct 2025 The vampire lay sleeping in his deathly trance, his quiet face empty of all expression, a fertile canvas for the imagination to infuse any meaning whatsoever. What one saw there…
Captian's Log Between the Heavens and the Seas 16 Sep 202513 Sep 2025 Stop. I long to stop. To rest. To be stopped. Is there not a… I am, am I? Then why can't I, through all my tears and prayers, stop what…
Captian's Log Window to Heaven 8 Sep 202530 Aug 2025 Somewhere a censer swings. This dark place is full of smoke and unutterable chants. Incense fills my nose as my desperate eyes search for the light. God help those whose…
Captian's Log Poem: White Heart 6 Jul 20255 Jul 2025 Please read my Poem:White Heart; Ink Black Blood https://tale-told.com/poems-2/white-heart-ink-black-blood/
Captian's Log Red Skies 19 Jun 202518 Jun 2025 As I wandered under the grey sky, my wondering mind turned over the strange events of the last week. The devil and all his angels, it had seemed, were after…
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