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: Only We 10 Nov 2021 They called the darkness lightand with hot pokers glowing red burned out our eyes.They cursed at sun and moon and starsand forced us down into the blackest pits and darkest…
Captian's Log Drabble: Only Deeper In 30 Oct 2021 No one ever goes to Hell. The invective is rather misleading. People wake up to Hell. Little by little, they construct their own torture chambers. Like some peckish foul fattening…
Captian's Log Drabble: The Miner’s Tale 24 Oct 2021 Deep in the earth, wrapped in chthonic shadow, they writhe, pulling against their adamantium chains. No one knows who bound them, what they are, but we hear them. When we're…
Captian's Log Drabble: Kept Safe 18 Oct 2021 What's left to me of my mind, I keep in a matchbox. Sometimes, I like to shake it, hear it rattle around. Mostly, I don't think about it. I don't…
Captian's Log Drabble: The Slow Consumption of Mr. Duke 17 Oct 2021 "The Frog King ate Mr. Duke," I said. "So, that happened." "Mr. Duke?" "Yeah, the delegate from the Triple Green. His tongue just shot out and then Mr. Duke was…
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 Drabble: Decoy 27 Sep 2021 He lay in the snow, his breath rising in little, white puffs. The soft rumble of the approaching engine grew, and he rested the barrel of his rifle against a…
Captian's Log Drabble: The Nightmare Comes 25 Sep 2021 The night seemed to last forever. My sheets clung to me, damp with my sweat. The clock's slow, steady tick-tock, tick-tock droned on through the night as I lay helpless…
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…
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