Captian's Log No Return 22 Mar 2023 So many billion stars, and not one of them's my home. Lost, in a sea of unending time, buried in the desert sands of the past, the world I come…
Captian's Log Called From Nothing 21 Mar 2023 The weather had taken a nasty turn, and this suited him well. Above, billowing grey clouds rumbled in despairing groans; here and there, claps of thunder followed the bright flashes,…
Captian's Log Black and White and Red All Over 20 Mar 20232 Apr 2024 The sky had been an oppressive white. The day, a suffocating overcast, was only the latest in a long series as cold winter wearied under spring's amorous entreaties. Eventually, even…
Captian's Log Scapegoat 19 Mar 202319 Mar 2023 "That's twenty dead," came a voice into my ear. I turned around, thinking it was someone at the table next to me, but I had forgotten how early it was,…
Captian's Log A Tale Told by Firelight 18 Mar 2023 In all my travels, I have only one tale to tell that could be called a ghost story. It was after the battle of Torkan. I had been stripped of…
Captian's Log The Tick-tock Man 17 Mar 2023 The tick-tock man had chosen a little hill to die on. As the ancient spring which powered him neared the end of its unwinding, he sat upon the wooded knoll…
Captian's Log Extra-Extraordinary 14 Mar 2023 "I wonder…" he said, his voice trailing off as the departing spaceship shrunk into just another pinpoint of light among the nebulous night of stars. "What?" "Well, it's a funny…
Captian's Log Beyond Black Birds 11 Mar 2023 This road is an icy river, frozen in time and space; this dream is a mistic's vision of some other place; this moment is forever, and yet has never been.…
Captian's Log Bleeding Out 10 Mar 2023 I'm bleeding. The warm streams of my life ran down the cold flesh of my useless arm. When the bullet exploded in my shoulder, the whole limb went numb. I…