Captian's Log I Am 2 Feb 2024 I sat, my eyes glued to the blaze. There the bodies writhed, not screaming, I doubt they could scream, but they writhed. Was it agony? Could they feel? I watched…
Captian's Log Sink or Swim 1 Feb 202427 Jan 2024 "There's a chance we make it out alive," I said, staring up through the bars. The sun was rising, and a lone seagull squawked as it flew overhead. My heart…
Captian's Log Spinning Wheel of Death 28 Jan 202427 Jan 2024 Once, when I was young, so very long ago, the world was a different color than it is now. We had so many colors to choose from, you see, and…
Captian's Log Why I’m Sealing Us in and Blowing up the Lab 27 Jan 2024 What is below must be destroyedbefore it leaves the void.That which returns must not escapeand take on a new shape.The thing was once destroyed by thought—we all as one forgot—but…
Captian's Log Lies Will Leave You Dead 25 Jan 202420 Jan 2024 Sweet lies will leave nothing but deathsweet mouths will close on you.I choose it now, this final breath,I'll say something that's true. And as I die, I pray I'll speak,I'll…
Captian's Log Court of the Pig Demon 24 Jan 202420 Jan 2024 The light was too great for him, and he blinded himself to the truth. The night was too long for him, and he decorated the darkness in dreams. The silence…
Captian's Log I Once Was Warm 23 Jan 202420 Jan 2024 Ploughing through the snow, I forced my shivering body forward, cursing the deep rut I leave in my wake. Not only would they follow me, but I was clearing the…
Captian's Log The Politician Never Dies 22 Jan 202420 Jan 2024 "I have been dead for three years," I began. Looking over the rotting faces of my audience, I swallowed. "I may not look it," I smiled, "but embalming has come…
Captian's Log Like Light 21 Jan 202420 Jan 2024 I hoped one day to be beyondthese little deaths of mine,to soar among the twinkling stars,never to fall, but shine. And yet the stars are like a dreamand death's alike…
Captian's Log The King’s Fall 19 Jan 202413 Jan 2024 Of that great and fallen kingdom, no more history is recorded, for the earth has swallowed it up. Yet a popular song, whispered by those who remember and sung in…