Captian's Log Dust, Ashes, and Ghosts 25 Jun 202324 Jun 2023 "The house burned down seven years ago," he said slowly. His eyes searched my face. "The children, well, they used to keep the rooms locked because the children kept sneaking…
Captian's Log A Haunted Place 27 May 202325 May 2023 The mountain is a desolate place full of things that cannot die. Sun-bleached bones that still speak and long shadows that walk free in the night. There is water there,…
Captian's Log Desolate Place 24 Apr 2023 What has happened here? What great ruin! Here lie the desolate remains of a house, all fallen and empty. Here dwell spiders, their webs stretched between broken walls. Here scurry…
Captian's Log Consequences 13 Apr 2023 The dead are with me, their sorrow and forgotten hopes like cavities in the ether. They know you. The dead may forget many things, their names, their loves, but someone…
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 Please Read: The Portrait of Science 6 Mar 2023 Please Read:The PortraitofScience https://taletold.wordpress.com/short-stories/the-portrait-of-science/
Captian's Log Buried in Darkness 20 Feb 2023 The smile faded, and he turned away. Silence invaded the little cell. His final joke had fallen flat. I slid the shutter closed on the view hole with a sharp…
Captian's Log Mr. Pennence 25 Jan 2023 "I met with a vampire the other day," I yawned. "Day?" my friend enquired. "Alright," I said. "Late last night, early morning." I stretched and felt a wave of dizziness…
Captian's Log Midnight Chimes 19 Dec 2022 …nevertheless, Death was a good dancer. He led me round and round, keeping in perfect step with the band, and I glided across the floor like I was nothing, nothing…
Captian's Log Shy Ghost 29 Nov 2022 Found the picture on twitter. Made me laugh. I thought back to when Mrs. McCully found me hiding behind the stage. I was what, eight? Children's choir, my first performance.…
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