Captian's Log Dust, Ashes, and Ghosts 25 Jun 202324 Jun 2023 "The house burned down seven years ago," he said slowly. His eyes searched my face. "The children, well, they used to keep the rooms locked because the children kept sneaking…
Captian's Log 2023: Dobbs 24 Jun 2023 Today is the first anniversary of the Dobbs decision, and I'm wondering how many children are turning one today as well on account of it. How many babies are crying…
Captian's Log After the Deed 23 Jun 202317 Jun 2023 The sink is red with blood. I can hear myself panting. More soap. The water's running; not enough. I can see specks of blood everywhere. Scrubbing. More soap. Pink bubbles.…
Captian's Log I Killed a Man the Other Day 22 Jun 202317 Jun 2023 I killed a man the other day, and that is why I cannot stay. I killed the man who killed my love. No one can say but Him above, none…
Captian's Log Hell to Pay 21 Jun 202310 Jun 2023 It's like a fire in my head: one cannot fight all that is said. The truth, once stated, there it ends, but lies go on after truth mends. At some…
Captian's Log To Carcosa 20 Jun 202317 Jun 2023 Where goes the man, so weak and frail, Whose back is bent, whose beard is long? Where go the old? Where does he sail? Does he yet speak or sing…
Captian's Log All Men Die 19 Jun 202317 Jun 2023 They told me once a man had died,and strange it seemed to me:to speak of man's to speak of deaththough from death all men flee. They told me then how…
Captian's Log On the Death of My Uncle at the End of a Slow Suicide 18 Jun 202317 Jun 2023 Please God, he was only ever good to me. I know, I cannot help but know it, what sort of man he was. But is there not some hope for…
Captian's Log The Fallen Ones 17 Jun 202310 Jun 2023 He started wheeling his way back toward me, taking little steps to inch the chair into the light. His face, still stern, was welcome in the wake of that grey…
Captian's Log The Fallen Ones 16 Jun 202310 Jun 2023 "I'm not saying it doesn't exist," he remonstrated. "It's just not a spaceship; not a chariot either. It didn't come from another planet. It didn't travel at all in the…
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