Captian's Log Induction 14 Jan 202413 Jan 2024 "What's all this then?" asked the general. Not turning around, I said, "Someone killed me the other day. That's the official story. So, to keep it official, I'm here, in…
Captian's Log Confusion 6 Jan 2024 "There are a thousand things I want to say, a thousand places I'd rather be, but you have to know. We found him, what was left. They'd got him. I…
Captian's Log Clarence 4 Jan 202426 Dec 2023 They sat in silence, the sort of silence a hospital offers with the ever moving nurses and busy doctors, the incessant blips and beeps of machines, the expectancy of life…
Captian's Log Clarence 3 Jan 202426 Dec 2023 The old man took hold of Clarence's chin, turning it right then left and peering down with a thoughtful hum. "No bites," he said. "That's good. Now," he sat back…
Captian's Log Clarence 2 Jan 202426 Dec 2023 The white curtains he woke up to confused him a moment, but the sounds of a hospital soon established a certain probability in the swirling soup of his thoughts. Floating…
Captian's Log Whose Ghost? 21 Nov 202318 Nov 2023 "Whose ghost is it?" she asked. "Thank you," I said as she handed me a cup of coffee. After a sip, I asked, "What do you mean?" "Well, last night,…
Captian's Log All the Truth 1 Nov 2023 "The trouble is," he sneered, "that no one really cares. It's not their lives, or their homes. Ours is just a story for them to have a brief catharsis over.…
Captian's Log Believing 18 Oct 202314 Oct 2023 "The difference becomes clear when the meaning is blurred, for in the confusion you know that you want." "And what do I want?" "The truth, and you won't have it…
Captian's Log Mark of Cain 7 Sep 20234 Sep 2023 "They killed him by that tree," he said, pointing. "Hung him up, but slowly. His hands were bound, but his toes could just touch the ground. They were laughing, shoving…
Captian's Log Plans 1 Sep 202319 Aug 2023 "Step one, we make a plan. Step two, we execute the plan. Step three, we realize the folly of trying to predict complex situations and human behavior. Step four, we…
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