Captian's Log A Dream 8 Apr 20224 Apr 2022 "Or maybe," the host said, rising from his chair, "you believed him when he said he'd take you back home, that this world would dissolve like a dream, a bad…
Captian's Log A Dream 7 Apr 20224 Apr 2022 There was a little click as the hammer was pulled back. The policeman stuttered, "You've killed us all!" "Maybe," said the host. "But he was a liar." "If he did…
Captian's Log A Dream 6 Apr 20224 Apr 2022 "Ever since the wizard stole me from my family and home, ever since I was brought into this strange and wild world, I have prayed; night and day I have…
Captian's Log A Dream 5 Apr 20224 Apr 2022 Wiping his eyes, the policeman asked, though he knew, "Where were you at noon?" The host smiled up at him and answered, "In the house of the wizard." The policeman's…
Captian's Log A Dream 4 Apr 2022 When they found the one who had been the shadow, he was not hiding. It was the same day, in the evening, in the sunset, and he was throwing a…
Captian's Log A Dream 3 Apr 2022 He did hear, though, the creaking of a window opening, and a glance—just a glance—did he catch of the silhouette of the murderer against the bright day. The alarm went…
Captian's Log A Dream 2 Apr 2022 The wizard was dead. His butler came in—he had just left, but he'd heard a noise—and found his mater's body slumped over the desk, a knife sticking out of his…
Captian's Log Duel 30 Mar 2022 "You're dying," she realized aloud. "We're all dying," I said. "I'm just better at it." That terrible look of pity crossed her eyes. "Don't look at me like that," I…
By an Idiot A Modest Proposal | By an Idiot 28 Mar 2022 At this point, given the price of meat, the only conceivable solution is that we start butchering our politicians. In times of crisis, we can't afford sentimentality, though how some…
Captian's Log Twilit Carousel 27 Mar 2022 The twilit carousel turns and returns in ever slowing cycles. The ride is over and done—almost done—and we must get off. Inertia, that's all that keeps us spinning. Round and…
