Captian's Log The Three Patients 2 May 202330 Apr 2023 Then there is the burnt one. He has been on hospice now for seven years. His charred, blackened corpse should not continue, but it does. His screams fill the night,…
Captian's Log Second Death 9 Apr 2023 The dead are not to blame for our fear; neither are we. Some things just are. The urn is heavier than I'd imagined, the night colder than I'd thought. The…
Captian's Log Dust to Dust 2 Nov 2022 I sat beside the wizard whose robe was dark and blue like the sky at night and said nothing. We sat together as the world wound to a close and…
Captian's Log Desert Mountain 13 Oct 2022 Water! A drop of rain. Just the sound of a creek in this desolate mountain. Dust! Dust is all around. I have no air but what's filled with this swirling…
Captian's Log Ashes 9 Jul 2022 There was a dream we whispered in the night, whispered so low we could barely hear our voices, yet we knew; we all dreamed it, were haunted by it—ever dreaming…
Captian's Log Short Poem: A Mighty King 14 Jan 2021 Within an hallowed sepulcher there restsa mighty king whose withered frame suggestsyet still his ancient majesty. His headwith tarnished gold is crowned, and though he's dead,he still holds court, seated…
Captian's Log Short: Known 16 Dec 2020 "There's nothing left to say, only goodbye," and with that, I walk away. I know what they're saying, I can hear them, but I'm not listening anymore. There's a strange…
Captian's Log Silent Dust 29 Sep 2020 The dust is still; there are no more stirring winds to give life. The dust sits. The books are unopened. They rest on their shelves, forgotten. No hand turns their…
Captian's Log Short: World of Dust 3 Jun 2020 There, on the horizon where the piercing white sands meet with the sky’s unremitting blue separating the dead desert and the glorious heaven, is a faint haze. The horizon blurs,…
Captian's Log Drabble: Venus 19 Feb 2020 I once dreamed of you dancing in my arms, but here I find you’re only marble, only stone; you are the culmination of years, the final result from my complete…
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