Captian's Log The Sanctuary 10 May 2023 The sanctuary was made of glass, like a diamond. Inside, all was light and beauty. I felt a bubbling joy building inside me, wanting to escape like laughter, but with…
Captian's Log Goodbye, Old Friend 9 May 20238 May 2023 "You can always close the door," I said, "but if you ever want to open it again, I will be there." "You arrogant bastard!" he shouted, slamming the door in…
Captian's Log The Room With a Clock 5 May 2023 I've sat in the room with a clock, endured every tick, every tock. The pendulum swings on and on, from morning to night, from dusk unto dawn. I've waited with…
Captian's Log Under Moonbeams 4 May 2023 Awake and dream again my dreamAwake and sing again my songThe day has come, the day is longBut soon the day will go awayToo soon the night will shadow allAnd…
Captian's Log Fortune Told 3 May 20232 May 2023 The fortune teller's got my hand and pulled my arm into her stand. Her finger's tickling my palm. Her face grows white, her eyes, not calm, are wide and staring…
Captian's Log Automaton 27 Apr 2023 The lover stands alone for his love is dead. The shadows stretch over the city and over his head. He cannot go home to an empty bed. What a startling…
Captian's Log Rough Draft: Unnatural 25 Apr 2023 It is unnatural to lose a child, but nature goes on. John's nature, always to pull, to search, to unravel, led him down a very unnatural path. Seventeen children had…
Captian's Log Desolate Place 24 Apr 2023 What has happened here? What great ruin! Here lie the desolate remains of a house, all fallen and empty. Here dwell spiders, their webs stretched between broken walls. Here scurry…
Captian's Log Under Black Plumes 23 Apr 202322 Apr 2023 "Why does it seem, no matter how many centuries pass, you're always the same. These fools have disturbed my crypt and awoken me after some thousand years, and yet there…
Captian's Log A Zombie Crawls Out of the Sea 21 Apr 2023 I see reflections in your faded eye and where the other's missing shadows lie; I see your grinding teeth and snapping jaw; I see your hand reach out to grasp…