Captian's Log On the Hook 4 Sep 2024 Blood's trickling down my arm like warm slugs. Three men wait below as I swing on the meat hook. Moneybags doesn't talk too much. Henchman Number One and the Goon…
Captian's Log Whispers in the Reeds 29 Aug 202427 Aug 2024 A song is heard between the sinking mire and the looming, grey sky. Before the storm had come, the reeds whispered. Such is the way of dreams, and secrets pave…
Captian's Log FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT 13 Jul 202413 Jul 2024 "Fight!" the man implores,and how that anthem rings,when on his face, blood poursfrom wicked bullet stings. https://taletold.wordpress.com/poems-2/fight-fight-fight/
Captian's Log Clean Up 9 Jun 20247 Jun 2024 Seeping through the plaster, slow as an army of slugs, the bloody ooze crawled. So, there was another portal, I thought. A good hiding place, behind the wall. Who would…
Captian's Log Alive! 4 Jun 20241 Jun 2024 Alive! Writhing in the incubator, the disparate cells had begun to gather, joining together and forming themselves into—the doctor watched as the heart began to beat. Alive! Not even fully…
Captian's Log Enchanted 5 May 2024 The villain leaves the stage without bow and without the spectacular flourish of his bright red cape which he had been so want to give in the first act. A…
Captian's Log The Vampiress 12 Apr 20248 Apr 2024 A cadre of the revelers broke into the crypt, bearing their flaming torches over their heads. A withered creature lead them, old and stooped, with a faded eye, and he…
Captian's Log The Vampiress 11 Apr 20248 Apr 2024 As they lay together in the vault below the tower and sighs passed into whispers, something moved through the forest. The shades and phantoms cowered before the burning light of…
Captian's Log The Vampiress 10 Apr 20248 Apr 2024 Then, in the midst of another warm-blooded kiss, as their lips pressed together and the life of some poor child passed from her to him, she felt his hand come…
Captian's Log The Vampiress 9 Apr 20248 Apr 2024 As night succeeded night, the vampiress was seen less and less stalking her parapets. More and more, the shadow of the terrible queen was known in the surrounding districts—children, mostly,…