Captian's Log The Mists of the Beyond 14 Aug 202410 Aug 2024 Trembling, the spirit went through the gate, dissolving into the mists of the beyond. "I wonder…" said death peering into the darkness. He let the fragmented thought hang in the…
Captian's Log One More Step 27 Nov 2023 There stands then, one more threshold, one more step, as it were, the taking of which will prohibit any retrogression. There is no repentance beyond this point. You will have…
Captian's Log The Meeting 3 Jul 20222 Jul 2022 The hinges creaked as he pushed the unlatched door open. They all turned toward him, their red eyes sparkling. Chance swallowed, studying each of their faces. The first was a…
Captian's Log Sepulcher 26 Jun 202225 Jun 2022 The musty air was mixed with the faintest tint of death, like the subtle fumes of a grave, odors which nature knows but man cannot smell. Nature knows, but doesn't…
Captian's Log Trapdoor 19 Jun 202218 Jun 2022 The hollow echo of their steps rebounded into Chance's ears with thrilling, subtle evolutions; what monsters stalk this empty church? What terrors lurk in this dark cathedral? Just two men,…
Captian's Log Forbidden Dream 2 Feb 2022 In a dark room, a silent room, a dead room, behind a locked and bolted door, where none dare enter, from where none may ever leave, there is a dream.…
Captian's Log The Door is Locked 3 Jul 2019 In quiet, peaceful lands a blackened hearth remains. It was there I saw them last, and there I locked them in. And still the door, charred like the hearth, stands…
Captian's Log Beyond 15 May 2019 My hand, hovering over the weathered brass knob, feels the coldness of the metal; not touching, not yet touching, hanging in that interim between fate and will. Beyond the door…
Captian's Log Behind the Door 12 Apr 2019 The segmented, grated walkway shifts beneath my feet as I progress down the deserted tubular hall. The dim lights above provide the minimum luminance to see. It’s cold here. My…
Captian's Log Land of Doors: Part of a Rambling Dream 13 Apr 2018 A night or so ago while tossing in my bed I dreamed of hidden lore: The wise Tolkien so wrote—my vision thus informed—of dwarven lords, and one, who with the…