Captian's Log Steering in the Night | Part II 13 Oct 202412 Oct 2024 The youth I cradled in my arms, held him against my breast,and took him from the sea to land, from war and unto rest.The tale he told me when he…
Captian's Log Steering in the Night | Part I 12 Oct 2024 How proud and tall the pale vampire stood upon the stern,and stern they were, his boring eyes; oh, how his glare did burn.The anger, not at me, I knew, but…
Captian's Log Shadow of a Dead Tree 7 Oct 2024 There, at the window, a soulless face presses, pale, bloated, and hungry. My hand itches, wanting to reach for my gun, but I know that won't do. The noise, the…
Captian's Log New Moon 26 Sep 2024 Bright star in the night,bright star, my delight,cannot you speak of the moon,your mistress moon adorned in gloom? Dust's son, tired earth,whom death called at birth,why ask of the moon,of…
Captian's Log Education’s Cost 25 Sep 2024 It's raining tonight. A soft sound, gentle, at my window. But the dreams are far, far away. Instead, there are the drums, mixing with the rain, drums perpetual still beating…
Captian's Log Lovesick and Alone 23 Sep 2024 He softly strummed the alien chords, filling the night with an eerie sound that was almost disharmony. I could not deny, though, that even here there was music, and so…
Captian's Log On the Hook 10 Sep 20247 Sep 2024 Agony overwhelms me, and I feel the world go dark. Beyond the pain and suffering, I leave my three tormentors to their fate, for I had seen in the darkness…
Captian's Log On the Hook 9 Sep 20247 Sep 2024 "You might feel so," I agree, "when they're yours." "Mark!" grunts Moneybags. "Yes, Mark," I say as the prod rises. "Stay here and you too can become a pile of…
Captian's Log On the Hook 8 Sep 20247 Sep 2024 Riding the slow oscillations of the chain, I lift my gaze from the dead men and stare out into the darkness of the empty hanger. The hook's cold in my…
Captian's Log On the Hook 7 Sep 2024 "You'll know soon enough," I said. "Things are already in motion." I grunted as the pain overwhelmed me. The spasm passed, and I smiled down at them. "Me, I'd run,…
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