Captian's Log Sparks 13 Nov 20249 Nov 2024 The hammer fell, a steady rain of blows, making a music in the night, and by the fuller’s station I did rest, contemplating heaven's stars. The stable’s smell had wafted…
Captian's Log Strange Magic | Happy Halloween 31 Oct 202410 Oct 2024 The strange and terrible magic of an old sheet thrown over your head, to cut out eyeholes in a threadbare cloth stolen from your bed, to visit your neighbors as…
Captian's Log Born of Darkness 24 Oct 2024 I have dreamed before the dawn of silent figures in the night, born of darkness, who scurry above the plains in search of the lost and wandering. A soul, a…
Captian's Log Glad Gourd Glow 21 Oct 2024 The pumpkin smiles upon the doorstep, its face shining with an inner light. Orange gourd and guardian of the night, smile on, my friend, smile on. There are terrors that…
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…
