Captian's Log Death’s Letter 11 Jul 202310 Jul 2023 Dear Life, I found I had a quiet hour this evening. Our subject stayed inside because of the rain, so that's another victory for you. I knew it was a…
Captian's Log Reprieve 10 Jul 20238 Jul 2023 "Men have been killed for less," I said, cocking the gun. "And unjustly killed, I might add. Many a gallows has snapped an innocent neck, and even a guilty neck,…
Captian's Log Grinning 9 Jul 20231 Jul 2023 I killed a man and learned to grin. Better smile than show your sin, for once the tears begin few can rein them in. I hid it all under a…
Captian's Log Dreams or Memories 7 Jul 20231 Jul 2023 I don't know where I was. Maybe it's just a dream. It felt industrial. Big, empty places, like it could have been a warehouse. There was a boiler. I remember…
Captian's Log The Toy Maker 6 Jul 20231 Jul 2023 The hunched figure shuddered, and a long, thin arm readjusted the rather worn hat resting on its head. The appendage retreated back to the workbench, and the beetle-like creature sighed.…
Captian's Log Horror in the Cave 5 Jul 20231 Jul 2023 The soft plunk-plunk woke me. The dribble had woven itself in and out of my dreams like a metronome. Before I could open my eyes, waves of nausea assaulted my…
Captian's Log Fevered Rambling 2 Jul 20231 Jul 2023 I'm fighting a fever, and I never know if I'm in my right mind. I know, for a brief moment, when I wake up, when clarity breaks through the haze,…
Captian's Log Zombie Apocalypse Poem 29 Jun 202324 Jun 2023 What's in those faded eyes? Does any soul look out? Trapped in this human guise, does just a monster shout? Can anyone foretell or anyone foresee What hand shall strike…
Captian's Log Wicked Ears 28 Jun 202324 Jun 2023 A cozy coffin, a rainy day, a swinging corpse now half decayed, the gallows' gathered murder's caws, and in my grave, I stop and pause and listen to the evening's…
Captian's Log Death’s Serenade 27 Jun 202324 Jun 2023 The portrait rests unfinished on the easel, and while the painter dreams, death plays his song. The chords, arranged to lull, the tune, decrease will, enchant the portraitist to sleep…
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