Captian's Log Poem: Soft Rains 17 Dec 202117 Dec 2021 The fear remains; within the soft refrains the song contains a hint of all our pains. The song, not done within the sun, was full of joy and fun; but…
Captian's Log Poem: Adding up Naughts 16 Dec 2021 Between the here and now there is a place unguarded by suspicion where dreams are true, and no one's blue, and they don't charge admission, but there's a secret I…
Captian's Log Short: A Start 15 Dec 2021 A crash awoke me from my study, and I gave a startled cry before I saw that a stack of my books had fallen from the end table. I can…
Captian's Log Drabble: Beside the Tree 14 Dec 2021 "They killed him beside that tree. Bloody scene. We found the body later," said the guide. "Why did they kill him?" asked the girl. "Stabbed him there beside that tree,"…
Captian's Log Drabble Series: Dead Man’s House 13 Dec 202110 Dec 2021 They were all likewise covered, as I had covered them the previous day, but now they were arranged along the perimeter of my house, their arms resting neatly at their…
Captian's Log Drabble Series: Dead Man’s House 12 Dec 202110 Dec 2021 All through that grim night there was this ceaseless drumming of dead hands against dead wood, of knuckles rapping against every door. They said nothing; they did not try to…
Captian's Log Drabble Series: Dead Man’s House 11 Dec 202110 Dec 2021 The fog had grown thick again, and his bloodless features nearly melted into the curling white mist. I had just about passed out of the room, and but for a…
Captian's Log Drabble Series: Dead Man’s House 10 Dec 2021 Night fell, and my house grew quiet and dim. It had been built a little too near the Witch's Bower for most folk, and as such, my nearest neighbors were…
Captian's Log Drabble Series: Dead Man’s House 9 Dec 2021 All day I gathered the bodies. I went into every room, even the secret chambers (which had been, thankfully, undisturbed), from attic to basement, searching for any remnant of soldiery…
Captian's Log Drabble Series: Dead Man’s House 8 Dec 2021 Colonel Roberts: I found him like the rest. He was sitting up at the head of my table with some of his cronies. They had brought out an old map,…
