Captian's Log Short: Unwanted 18 Dec 202117 Dec 2021 They left me. I understand. We were running for our lives. We were terrified. It was dark. I understand, but it still hurt to see them all jump into the…
Captian's Log Drabble: Beside the Tree 14 Dec 2021 "They killed him beside that tree. Bloody scene. We found the body later," said the guide. "Why did they kill him?" asked the girl. "Stabbed him there beside that tree,"…
Captian's Log Drabble Series: Dead Man’s House 13 Dec 202110 Dec 2021 They were all likewise covered, as I had covered them the previous day, but now they were arranged along the perimeter of my house, their arms resting neatly at their…
Captian's Log Drabble Series: Dead Man’s House 12 Dec 202110 Dec 2021 All through that grim night there was this ceaseless drumming of dead hands against dead wood, of knuckles rapping against every door. They said nothing; they did not try to…
Captian's Log Drabble Series: Dead Man’s House 11 Dec 202110 Dec 2021 The fog had grown thick again, and his bloodless features nearly melted into the curling white mist. I had just about passed out of the room, and but for a…
Captian's Log Drabble Series: Dead Man’s House 10 Dec 2021 Night fell, and my house grew quiet and dim. It had been built a little too near the Witch's Bower for most folk, and as such, my nearest neighbors were…
Captian's Log Drabble Series: Dead Man’s House 9 Dec 2021 All day I gathered the bodies. I went into every room, even the secret chambers (which had been, thankfully, undisturbed), from attic to basement, searching for any remnant of soldiery…
Captian's Log Drabble Series: Dead Man’s House 8 Dec 2021 Colonel Roberts: I found him like the rest. He was sitting up at the head of my table with some of his cronies. They had brought out an old map,…
Captian's Log Drabble Series: Dead Man’s House 7 Dec 2021 Cursing at the bullet still lodged in my thigh, I sprinted through the garden up to my door, but found that it too, like the gate, had been forced, the…
Captian's Log Drabble Series: Dead Man’s House 6 Dec 2021 At first, I wondered if they were scarecrows, if I had fallen into some clever ploy, but no. These were no straw men. They were flesh and bone, and they…
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