Captian's Log The Misanthrope 18 Feb 2022 "It seems to me you're nothing more than a miserable misanthrope." "I'm not a misanthrope. It's just that all the people I love are dead, and I hate all the…
Captian's Log Believing in a Dream 15 Feb 2022 "The Dream cannot be explained." "It cannot be explained," he countered, "in the manner you wish, but it can be explained." "How?" he asked. "Do you expect me to believe—"…
Captian's Log Hush 14 Jan 2022 At the Library "Not everything in the library is catalogued," I whispered. "What?" he asked. "There are stories that are told only in whispers, books that are given no titles,…
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 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: Hieroglyphs 12 Nov 2021 "What do you know about hieroglyphs?" "Nothing. What's hieroglyph with you?" "That's not even a joke." "That's what makes it funny." "What?" "The face you made. Why are you asking…
Captian's Log Drabble: Heel! 30 Sep 2021 "Time can never heel." "Don't say that." "Well, it can't." "Yes, it can. Tell me what's wrong." "I just said. Time can't heel." "I know, but what is it. What…
Captian's Log Dialogue: The Unobserved Bullet 29 Sep 2021 "Nothing exists outside of perception, which is not to say that all perception is true. The false and the true both exist as perceptions, are both real—" "What about a…
Captian's Log Drabble Series: The Exhumation 24 Sep 202119 Sep 2021 "He hated me because he would never inherit. Never could inherit. After paying the death taxes, I . . . I just . . . I could feel John hating…
Captian's Log Drabble Series: The Exhumation 23 Sep 202119 Sep 2021 "You don't want to understand it," said Dr. Val, twirling his mustache. "But you know. If you will, you'll remember. What was it he always said to you? What did…
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