Captian's Log Drabble: The Sidewalk Ends 13 Jan 2022 One day you gave up. I don't know why. You just stopped. You're like a dead fish carried in a stream; I see you moving, but there's no life there.…
Captian's Log Short: A Rose 12 Jan 2022 It was a normal post. Mostly normal. Letters, mostly invoices and cheques, and a rose; all arriving together. I wonder what correspondence our correspondence kept while waiting to be brought…
Captian's Log Short: The Turning of the Tide 11 Jan 2022 "It's rather relaxing," I said. He groaned groggily. I kicked his limp head, and he sputtered out profanities. "Wake up," I said. "What the hell!" he shouted. "It's peaceful," I…
Captian's Log Poem: The Salesman 10 Jan 2022 We sell the parts you need or want,an arm, an ear, some legs to flaunt.Don't ask us where our stores come from.Try a spare eye? Some toes? A thumb?I see,…
Captian's Log Random Shorts 5 Jan 2022 Some of us accept death . . . . . . sometimes in faith . . . . . . sometimes in despair. But some refuse to die. That's where…
Captian's Log Drabble: Hangry 4 Jan 2022 "The vampires are getting hangry." "Hangry?" "Yeah, it's a portmanteau. It's hungry plus angry. Hangry, get it?" "Yeah, I get it," he said, barely suppressing a groan. "I'm more concerned…
Captian's Log The End of the Affair 1 Jan 2022 I asked him to sit down. At first, he seemed hesitant, standing there with his dripping jacket still hanging off him. Then his eyes wavered, and he searched out the…
Captian's Log Musings at the Evening of the Year 29 Dec 2021 There is a silent spell within the setting sun, a strange and mystic poetry which fills the soul. There is a soft refrain within the falling snow, and every flake…
Captian's Log Cats and Dogs 21 Dec 2021 There is a cat on my leg. I cannot feel the leg anymore but for a strange tingling sensation where my leg used to be. The situation will not right…
Captian's Log Short: The Curator 19 Dec 202117 Dec 2021 They put me in charge of the vault after the injury. No good in the field; a liability. But, I always had an acumen for detail and such. Actually, this…