Captian's Log I Don’t Know 24 Nov 2023 The utter devastation was palpable, but not in anything he could lay his hand too. The charred walls, the ash, the withered remains of life—broken picture frames, a table that…
Captian's Log Of Hope 22 Nov 202318 Nov 2023 I danced with you in what seems to be a dream, a dream from long, long ago. You whispered something in my ear, a question I can't recall, but my…
Captian's Log Whose Ghost? 21 Nov 202318 Nov 2023 "Whose ghost is it?" she asked. "Thank you," I said as she handed me a cup of coffee. After a sip, I asked, "What do you mean?" "Well, last night,…
Captian's Log The Old Tome 20 Nov 202318 Nov 2023 I had tried to unlock the mysteries of the old tome. The cracked leaves, the forgotten script, each and every hidden glyph—they're all here in my head, chiseled deep into…
Captian's Log A Hard Road 19 Nov 202318 Nov 2023 I walked a long and weary road to find you here beneath the earth, beneath a stone, beneath your name. I found your grave. I felt such shame. I wept,…
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…