Captian's Log Into a Darkness 16 Nov 2024 The dreams begin again, their soft, effervescent forms come and go like tendrils of fog never leaving a memory. I wait in the darkness, listening to the conversations I cannot…
Captian's Log Sparks 15 Nov 20249 Nov 2024 The king passed me in the night as the fuller's hammer kept a steady beat, like a heart or the ticking of a clock. He's out there now, making ready…
Captian's Log Sparks 14 Nov 20249 Nov 2024 You say the king is dead, but I say he walked by me in the night. Not in regalia but the softer hues of a faded smock. There, of that…
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 Remnant 10 Nov 20249 Nov 2024 There was a time before. I think I remember this. I used to be just of…of whatever we—whatever I am. I have continued. The others were mortal; I should be…
Captian's Log Countdown 9 Nov 2024 The engineers grow quiet, and the countdown begins. Ten… A cold fear settles over me. …nine… My hands are shaking. …eight… Breathe. Just breathe. …seven… Slowly, in and out. …six……
Captian's Log Breathed in a Sigh 7 Nov 2024 The sun is setting on the hill.I know I have to go, but I admit, so weak my will,though better do I know, I'm staying past the lighted hour.The darkness…
Captian's Log Religious Debate 4 Nov 2024 I dreamed recently, and in the dream, I was going, somewhat surreptitiously, to an underground fellowship of Christians. Well, metaphorically, it was underground; I was in some sort of skyscraper,…
Captian's Log The Rising Storm 2 Nov 2024 Through the grasping, clawing dead, he hewed a path, and like a swirling storm his blade spun, turning and returning with tireless ferocity upon the rotting flesh. Down they fell…
Captian's Log In a New Land 1 Nov 202426 Oct 2024 The dead are marching on the castle, the king has fled his home;he left his vacillating vassal, whose broken legs won't roam. The crows are growing restless, the stores are…