Captian's Log Drabble: Sunrise 8 Jan 2020 The sun was rising. Golden rays shot forth their light upon the long forgotten world. For eons night had smothered the land, for eons she had been breeding, infesting the…
Captian's Log Drabble: Dying Flames 6 Jan 2020 He stokes the fire. The embers reveal their red glow as they turn over, and then grow black. The smoke rises in twisting plumes as the fire dies. The world…
Captian's Log Short Poem: Forgotten Dream 3 Jan 2020 I have felt better than now. I'm not exactly sick, but my sinuses are on the brink and I'm out of patience. Please forgive this less than lucid attempt at…
Captian's Log Dialogue: Check Up 2 Jan 2020 Doctor: Patient 71, identified as . . . John Doe. Died as of . . . unknown. Is there anything you’d like to declare? 71: We will rise. Doctor: Yes,…
Captian's Log Rough Draft: Solemn Night 30 Dec 2019 “Mom wants you to come inside,” I tell my grandfather. He’s sitting on his little porch. It rests on the front yard right near the sidewalk. Grandfather likes to watch…
By the Sword By the Sword: Rough Draft | Part 16 29 Dec 201929 Dec 2019 The five soldiers approached, raising their swords over their heads. The glint of their steel paled as they stepped out of the fading daylight and into the stretching shadows of…
Captian's Log Tall Tale: Return 28 Dec 2019 By this time, we had been climbing four or five days. The march was terrible. Three were already dead, the other six would die soon, and if any of us…
Captian's Log Worldbuilding: Land of Mist 27 Dec 2019 I haven’t been sleeping well the last few nights. It couldn’t have been the liters of tea I drank. But, while lying awake in my bed, considering this and that,…
Captian's Log Short Stories: Still Cold 23 Dec 2019 High upon a mountaintop, struggling in the thin air, I wander toward a precipice to take in the valley below. There two rivers join, both strong and brave. They rage…