Captian's Log Finished Phantastes 19 Dec 202513 Dec 2025 I recently finished reading, after a very long hiatus, Phantastes by George Macdonald. It was not, for my tastes, the best. The long break corresponded to the point where I…
Captian's Log Into the Pot 26 Oct 202525 Oct 2025 At her cauldron, swiftly stirring,cackling while oft referringto each item on the pageor quickly glancing at the cagewhere the tears have long been wept;no hope, only sad doom expectthose infants…
Captian's Log Short Story: Book-Ends 26 May 2025 Please Read:Book-Ends https://taletold.wordpress.com/short-stories/book-ends/
Captian's Log Pan’s Pipping Panic 15 Jul 202413 Jul 2024 The faun danced upon the stump, a strange shadow in the firelight. How he smiled, his grin, too big, his pipe, shrill and piercing, his cloven hooves stomping out a…
Captian's Log At the End of the Day 6 Mar 20244 Mar 2024 He dropped the red pen and watched the sun set. Whatever dreams passed through his wandering thoughts, he did not cling to, and with the same subtlety by which they…
Captian's Log At the End of the Day 5 Mar 20244 Mar 2024 As though waking, the teacher's eyes suddenly came back to the empty desks and quiet room. Light and shadow; the warm evening light fell onto the scene with all the…
Captian's Log At the End of the Day 4 Mar 2024 The teacher sighed, his gaze wandering from his papers. The sun was setting, its golden light streaming in and painting the empty classroom with its enchanting hue. His eyes looked…
Captian's Log Smells and Memories 10 Feb 2024 There was an indefinable scent in the air. Robert was not sure whether his own excited imagination was working upon his senses, bringing only a memory to his nose of…
Captian's Log Deadly Vapor 29 Nov 2023 As the deadly vapor, carried by an evil wind, came rolling ever nearer, I felt again that strange impulse, to stay, to watch the yellow billows of the mist until…
Captian's Log Facing the Dead Dragon 16 Oct 202314 Oct 2023 A bridge spans the river which flows beyond our small vision and into the waiting sea. A bridge, carved from the bones of a fallen dragon; there is no toll…
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