Captian's Log Waking From the Dream 28 Apr 2026 Strange dreams assault me. Visions I cannot explain. Messages I fear are for someone else. I do not understand what I see. Late in the deep darkness of night, Light…
Captian's Log Coming Fog 27 Apr 202624 Apr 2026 A heavy fog rolls in over the hills, and the old warrior sighs. Worn out, he lets his eyes close as his head bows under its own weight. He shakes…
Captian's Log Worn Out 26 Apr 202624 Apr 2026 "I feel worn out," he said. He did not need to. To look at him, you yourself felt worn out. Even his clothes were frayed. His eyes, to meet them—ah,…
Captian's Log Tonight 24 Apr 202623 Apr 2026 Tonight, we are alone. Tonight, amid all the noise, we find something like silence, the sound of beatings hearts, soft and quiet, overwhelms all the music and chaos. Your eyes,…
Captian's Log Monkey Bars 23 Apr 202618 Apr 2026 Swing sets and slides abandoned. No riotous gambols at the monkey bars. No game of tag in the field. I sit across from the old playground watching an autumnal breeze…
Captian's Log The Aliens 22 Apr 202618 Apr 2026 Hardly a day goes by, nowadays, without the aliens. I'm told by my daughter that we're not supposed to call them the aliens. Then she says to call them some…
Captian's Log A Hundred Sails Unfurled 20 Apr 202618 Apr 2026 A hundred sails unfurled A thousand waves had pasthope born for a new worldfor something that would last. The storms that rocked and ragedhad spent themselves away, so then all…
Captian's Log Lullaby 18 Apr 202611 Apr 2026 A voice calls over the sinking pits and treacherous calm of the marsh. Some little bird sings, I think, and for the distance and the rushes and the reeds, and…
Captian's Log Regal Adruin 17 Apr 202611 Apr 2026 Banners unfurled in every regal color. I had not seen such pageantry since the war, since those banners waved over the bloody field of Adruin, and the foes of man…
Captian's Log Hearth 16 Apr 202611 Apr 2026 Her smile warmed me a little, and despite the hour and all the noise, I tried to reciprocate. I'm not sure I was quite able to smile, but I nodded.…