Captian's Log Sighs in Babylon 18 Nov 2023 "There's always a horribly foreign element in everything you say; imperial, even," I sighed. "Even if I thought your meandering prevarications could somehow hold together long enough to constitute an…
Captian's Log Death’s Lies 17 Nov 2023 The soft, inviting slumber of the dead, the comfort found when buried underground— all lies. Nothing is true in what she said. And now I lie forlorn in death's dark…
Captian's Log The Deadly Charms of Zalu’um 16 Nov 2023 The deadly charms of Zalu'um the white tipped banners, the horrid hum, the minstrels with their doubled face the spectral dance, the silent grace and dreams that no one knows…
Captian's Log Smiling in the Dark 15 Nov 2023 The smiling thing in the darkness of my dreams perturbs me. Is it just a smile, a wicked, spreading smile filled with laughter and delighting in some secret-kept malice, or…
Captian's Log The Gargoyle 14 Nov 2023 Within a hidden nook above our heads, a vigil's kept, my chiseled guardian. Below his stony gaze, our world now spreads; his silent welcome leads and pulls me in. I…
Captian's Log Who Am I? 13 Nov 2023 I don't know who I am, and fear I'll lose my way.I wander after dark, searching for the day.Perhaps someone will hear, perhaps someone will know,perhaps she will draw near,…
Captian's Log Moondust 12 Nov 202311 Nov 2023 When the clouds parted, and the moonlight streamed down upon the square, I saw the stalking shadows. There was something in the faces of the monsters…Joel, the shopkeeper, those were…
Captian's Log Prayer: Where Are You? 11 Nov 2023 What is my hope, O God? Where do I look? Where are you in this misery? I have sinned from my birth, cut from the womb, near dead, but I…
Captian's Log I Have Been Dying for Years 10 Nov 20234 Nov 2023 I have been dying for years. It's a rather tiresome state, and at times I wonder if it is not the worst. A dead man, when he is dead, is…
Captian's Log A Terrible Shock 9 Nov 20234 Nov 2023 The dead man went out to play,and, at the end of the weary day,he smiled his ghoul smile at me.I smiled back, for I could seeto feign my ignorance of…
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