Captian's Log Upheld 7 Aug 20263 Aug 2026 The ground felt uncertain, its outwardly placid surface only a mask for the treacherous unfaithfulness of the warping instability he found with every step. Poor Saint Peter, he mused, must…
Captian's Log Red Handed (A Scene for a Story I Don’t Intend to Write) 17 Jul 202611 Jul 2026 Drunk and stumbling, the high lord of the 'M', as he was called, made his circuitous path out of the alleyway he'd made his berth in to face a brand…
Captian's Log Life Update: Older + A Prayer 30 Apr 2026 Well, I haven't talked about exercising in a bit. I think not since October. I hit a wall last year. I got sick but had no insurance. It took months…
Captian's Log Hearth 16 Apr 202611 Apr 2026 Her smile warmed me a little, and despite the hour and all the noise, I tried to reciprocate. I'm not sure I was quite able to smile, but I nodded.…
Captian's Log Broken Glass 5 Mar 20251 Mar 2025 A sorrow fills me; like wine gives clear glass color, so I am glass, ready to break and stain your shirt with my tears. Yet, do not touch, do not…
Captian's Log You’re Dead 21 Jan 202520 Jan 2025 "If you were dead, would you want to know?" I ask. The waitress had just taken our orders and menus from us, and my friend was sipping his lager while…
Captian's Log A Shot 26 Jul 202420 Jul 2024 I once sought truth, to know, but here is truth, and I'm afraid. Fight or flight…flight. No. Watch and pray for me, my loves, for damned if I'm not a…
Captian's Log Of Waking in the Night 26 Apr 202422 Apr 2024 Were dreams a drink, and songs a bed,and you the love I wish to wed,I'd drown myself and never rise,but lay there staring in your eyes. Yet dreams will end,…
Captian's Log Despair 6 Oct 202330 Sep 2023 You've been tailing me again, Despair, my favorite sin; how lovely you cast your shadow O unrelenting foe Whiskey drives you back for a spell, but I've too often to…
Captian's Log Layover 28 Jul 202322 Jul 2023 Meditating to the sizzling fryer and the waitress' and cook's banter, I smiled. Here was as good a place as any to die, maybe to live. Somewhere in between, I…
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