Captian's Log Morning Strains 14 Oct 2024 After the storm and thunder, I woke as in a dream. We had all been sleeping in the living room of the old house, our bags like still worms, cocoons…
Captian's Log Steering in the Night | Part II 13 Oct 202412 Oct 2024 The youth I cradled in my arms, held him against my breast,and took him from the sea to land, from war and unto rest.The tale he told me when he…
Captian's Log Steering in the Night | Part I 12 Oct 2024 How proud and tall the pale vampire stood upon the stern,and stern they were, his boring eyes; oh, how his glare did burn.The anger, not at me, I knew, but…
Captian's Log Poem: Dark Sin 11 Oct 2024 In the darkness of my mind,a fragrance from an ancient time, there was this hope I used to find…and gone again, only my crime, that thing which severs me from…
Captian's Log Willful Passions 10 Oct 2024 A devil's drinking in a corner, crying over spilt milk,a banshee's wailing by the fire, in torn and muddy silk,the Egyptian priest is smiling, but the scarab's hiding his heart,and…
Captian's Log Please Read: Brother 9 Oct 2024 Please Read: BrotherI'm pleased to announce that my short story, Brother, is now live on the Futurist Letters. I'd really appreciate it if you'd go read it and share it…
Captian's Log Lost in a Maze 8 Oct 2024 I can't afford to dream again;to see the visions just once morewould tantalize me into sinand let the demon in my core. I have not slept in thirty years;my restless…
Captian's Log Shadow of a Dead Tree 7 Oct 2024 There, at the window, a soulless face presses, pale, bloated, and hungry. My hand itches, wanting to reach for my gun, but I know that won't do. The noise, the…
Captian's Log Candle & Skull 6 Oct 20245 Oct 2024 The spirits swirled around the counter as I pushed the bag of coins toward the keeper. "For the skull and black candle," I said with a sneer. "And a match…
Captian's Log A Long, Slow Decay 5 Oct 2024 "As a nation, we are at war with reality, and unfortunately, reality is winning," laughed my friend, lifting his glass. "To reality!" He drank, and deeply. Then, with a gasping…