Captian's Log The King’s Fall 18 Jan 202413 Jan 2024 The king, his face, one moment red with passion and wine, drained into the horrible colorlessness of a corpse. "I've…" he stammered. "Look to your love," said the prophet, pointing…
Captian's Log The King’s Fall 17 Jan 202413 Jan 2024 The blind prophet felt his way along the cold and abandoned corridor. Coming to the end of the hallway, he pushed through the unlatched doors leading into the king's chamber.…
Captian's Log Eventuality 16 Jan 202413 Jan 2024 The Zombie is indomitable. That, I can't help but admire. No tribulation, no deterrence, no loss is counted in its mindless pursuit of flesh. Take its legs, it will crawl;…
Captian's Log The Hunt 15 Jan 202413 Jan 2024 The vampire crawled back into his hole, feeling the soft earth mooching into every nook and cranny of his body, seeping into his nose, his ears, his mouth, and closing…
Captian's Log Induction 14 Jan 202413 Jan 2024 "What's all this then?" asked the general. Not turning around, I said, "Someone killed me the other day. That's the official story. So, to keep it official, I'm here, in…
Captian's Log The Mystery of the Stones 13 Jan 2024 They came while the town slumbered, the wandering stones. A worn desolation, a prehistoric ruin. Moss covered, half buried monoliths, all weathered by uncounted centuries, and yet, it's not some…
Captian's Log On Ice 11 Jan 20247 Jan 2024 Cold, the light was cold. He lay upon the obsidian slab and stared into the eternal night with its myriad stars. The small exoplanet, a rogue bit of debris lost…
Captian's Log Waiting to Die 9 Jan 20247 Jan 2024 A silence fell over me as the tyrant died, as he gurgled in his blood. A great man, in a way; not good, not loved—perhaps someone did love him—but great.…
Captian's Log Song Beyond the Hills 8 Jan 20247 Jan 2024 What song is sung beyond the hills?What tune reaches my ear?This melody my longing thrillsthough I can barely hear. Sing on sweet maid I'll never know;sing sweet and soft tonight.I…
Captian's Log Reunion 7 Jan 20246 Jan 2024 The zombie waited with perfect patience. He had a sort of stoicism or weariness in his deformed face, a bloated impassivity borne, no doubt, from his years trapped in this…
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