Captian's Log Facing the Faceless 9 Feb 2024 It didn't hurt so much once the hope was gone. Free, I think, a type of freedom. I still find myself going through the motions now and again, but never…
Captian's Log Fallen Star 6 Feb 2024 A star burnt up the nightand spread this wicked blight.Its cloud smothered the skyand caused so much to die.And here, what hangs so still,these drifting flakes which fillthe air about…
Captian's Log Quiet in the Library 4 Feb 20243 Feb 2024 It is quiet in the library. I cannot hear a sound here except for the beating of my heart, the incessant whooshing of my lungs, and the thousand other burbling,…
Captian's Log Repose 3 Feb 2024 It is silent in the library. I decided to treat myself to a little daycation on account of the extraordinarily good weather this week and because of receiving a raise.…
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…