Captian's Log Happy Birthday, Tale Told 15 Apr 2023 Welp, it's been six years, apparently, since I started blogging. Here a a few highlights since last April.
Captian's Log Consequences 13 Apr 2023 The dead are with me, their sorrow and forgotten hopes like cavities in the ether. They know you. The dead may forget many things, their names, their loves, but someone…
Captian's Log Pseudo 12 Apr 2023 The broken soul is no safer than the whole. The fire comes for both. A dreamer cannot wake but that he dies, and death's the path to dreams. Satan casts…
Captian's Log Second Death 9 Apr 2023 The dead are not to blame for our fear; neither are we. Some things just are. The urn is heavier than I'd imagined, the night colder than I'd thought. The…
Captian's Log Epitaph 8 Apr 2023 I cannot sing for you again nor whisper more a soft amen, for I am dead and buried deep. What now may wake me from my sleep?
Captian's Log Rewatching an Old Favorite 6 Apr 2023 I rewatched Doctor Who, The End of the World. I forgot how good it was. It wove in so much that would bloom in the seasons to come, but even…
Captian's Log The Last Dragonslayer 2 Apr 202329 Mar 2023 The sepulcher of the last knight is a cold crypt hewn of uncompromising stone. He lies in its center, his bones hidden under his carved image. The supine facsimile is…
Captian's Log The Last Dragonslayer 1 Apr 202329 Mar 2023 "Your world was founded because men slew dragons, defended the people. You are the last of that tradition, worthy of the name dragonslayer for your deed—" "I seek no honors…
Captian's Log The Last Dragonslayer 31 Mar 202329 Mar 2023 The young man's eyes fell, his hands folded; he seemed to be talking more to himself than to anyone at the table—not even to the man clad in black armor:…
Captian's Log The Last Dragonslayer 30 Mar 202329 Mar 2023 The ruin of a great man, standing there, dressed still in the ornamental black armor of tradition, raiment made long ago obsolete by gunpowder, the last aristocrat, his dark countenance…