Captian's Log Who Bound the Giant? 12 May 2022 The chains rattled as the giant shifted in the darkness. We could hear his breath like a howling storm. He's sleeping, I thought. In the time it takes him to…
Captian's Log Laughter in the Shadows 18 Apr 2022 "I wish we could have been friends." I begin to laugh, but it dies in my throat. "I forgive you. I'm not a priest or anything, but I forgive you.…
Captian's Log Flight in the Night 16 Apr 2022 I saw the darkness in your eye. However you smiled, whatever you said, there was the darkness. A consuming darkness. I even believed you, what you were saying—you believed you,…
Captian's Log Poem: Meditation on the Soul 25 Mar 2022 Oh the bent and twisted thing a soul becomesthat is not filled by heaven's lightnor sacred darkness seeks.It wraps itself about itself—consumes itself—it leaves itself—perverts itself—and ends without itself.O weak…
Captian's Log In the Darkness 5 Mar 20225 Mar 2022 The dragon slithers amid his golden treasures, the thousands of glistening coins tinkling like little bells in the darkness. In the darkness, another sound, the ringing of steel; a sword…
Captian's Log Drabble: Hiding in the Dark 20 Jan 2022 No one could dream anymore. We could not let them. He was in our dreams. At first we killed those who fell asleep, but we were losing too many people…
Captian's Log Poem: Dreams of Darkness 17 Jan 2022 Once the dream remained,but now the song is lost.Just notes, just words, are here,the meaning's dead and gone. The record turns,the needle's in the groove,they're dancing all around,but I hear…
Captian's Log From the Typewriter: Waiting for the Darkness 16 Nov 202116 Nov 2021 The ancient melodies must have been born from such a precipice. Here on top of the world, I fall out my own eyes into the vast landscape below. There is…
Captian's Log Drabble: Only We 10 Nov 2021 They called the darkness lightand with hot pokers glowing red burned out our eyes.They cursed at sun and moon and starsand forced us down into the blackest pits and darkest…
Captian's Log Short: I Don’t Believe in Rats 29 Oct 2021 I could hear them scurrying in the darkness, their little claws scratching, their yellowed teeth tearing. Their squeaks and squeals echoed through the cavernous passages. This was their home; I…