Captian's Log Things that Never Were 4 Apr 2025 A sadness gripped me this week, a memory. I thought of a man, a good man, and a conversation we had. Of late, I find myself asking many "what if"…
Captian's Log What I Had Before 25 Nov 2023 The love goes out of everything, and everything is dead. Pleasure is gone, and pain won't sting, won't roust me from my bed. I want to be alive again, if…
Captian's Log Thanksgiving 2023 23 Nov 202318 Nov 2023 Happy Thanksgiving. I hope you all have a lovely holiday. It is somewhat traditional to choose some particular thing to be thankful for, and there are many blessings in my…
Captian's Log The Gargoyle 14 Nov 2023 Within a hidden nook above our heads, a vigil's kept, my chiseled guardian. Below his stony gaze, our world now spreads; his silent welcome leads and pulls me in. I…
Captian's Log Despair 6 Oct 202330 Sep 2023 You've been tailing me again, Despair, my favorite sin; how lovely you cast your shadow O unrelenting foe Whiskey drives you back for a spell, but I've too often to…
Captian's Log Short Story: Along the Shores of Gaol 6 Feb 2023 Please Read: Along the Shores of Gaol Excerpt: I find it a dreary place. There’s always a low breeze piping mournful tunes through the long grass. The sky is always grey…
Captian's Log Life Update 19 Sep 2022 So, if you've been following me over on The Story Ark, I've been working on a short story to submit to a Halloween anthology. Well, actually, that's a lie. I…
Captian's Log Breaking 6 Jun 2022 I've been battling some severe writer's block the last few weeks. Everything I write feels forced, and all I want to do is drink myself silly. Well, today, I decided…
Captian's Log Asthma and Despair 30 Jan 2022 Had an asthma attack yesterday. Been very low energy. Don't really want to do anything. Do you ever feel like hope is just a form of enslavement? a grift? that…
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.…
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