Captian's Log To the Undead 1 May 202628 Apr 2026 How strange it feels to live again, free again, out from the dirt and darkness of the grave. How strange and eerie is the sun. I guess I'm not part…
Captian's Log Waking From the Dream 28 Apr 2026 Strange dreams assault me. Visions I cannot explain. Messages I fear are for someone else. I do not understand what I see. Late in the deep darkness of night, Light…
Captian's Log Coming Fog 27 Apr 202624 Apr 2026 A heavy fog rolls in over the hills, and the old warrior sighs. Worn out, he lets his eyes close as his head bows under its own weight. He shakes…
Captian's Log Worn Out 26 Apr 202624 Apr 2026 "I feel worn out," he said. He did not need to. To look at him, you yourself felt worn out. Even his clothes were frayed. His eyes, to meet them—ah,…
Captian's Log Monkey Bars 23 Apr 202618 Apr 2026 Swing sets and slides abandoned. No riotous gambols at the monkey bars. No game of tag in the field. I sit across from the old playground watching an autumnal breeze…
Captian's Log The Face in the Dream 19 Apr 202611 Apr 2026 Once upon a time, mankind awoke from a dream with a great start. Some men with tears, some with screams, others in a clouded ecstasy, one or two opened eyes…
Captian's Log Lullaby 18 Apr 202611 Apr 2026 A voice calls over the sinking pits and treacherous calm of the marsh. Some little bird sings, I think, and for the distance and the rushes and the reeds, and…
Captian's Log Regal Adruin 17 Apr 202611 Apr 2026 Banners unfurled in every regal color. I had not seen such pageantry since the war, since those banners waved over the bloody field of Adruin, and the foes of man…
Captian's Log Happy Ninth Birthday, Tale Told 15 Apr 202620 Mar 2026 Please enjoy a few posts from this past year. https://tale-told.com/2025/04/01/dancing-with-death/ https://tale-told.com/2025/05/02/interruptions/ https://tale-told.com/2025/06/13/i-think-so-brain-but-if-we-covered-ourselves-in-sackcloth-and-ashes/ https://tale-told.com/2025/07/03/a-postscript/ https://tale-told.com/2025/08/25/a-smile-breaks-across-the-dead-mans-face/ https://tale-told.com/2025/09/18/absalom-absalom/ https://tale-told.com/2025/10/18/out-of-breath/ https://tale-told.com/2025/11/13/for-many-things-i-am-thankful-today/ https://tale-told.com/2025/12/26/if-its-true/ https://tale-told.com/2026/01/13/conversations-with-myself/ https://tale-told.com/2026/02/14/love-nest-and-zombies/ https://tale-told.com/2026/03/20/between-heaven-and-earth/
Captian's Log The Thing Itself 14 Apr 202611 Apr 2026 There was a dream, an island in the sea of sleep. There was a dreamer who woke. He was a great dreamer, and his island remains though he does not.…