Captian's Log Happy Halloween 2025 31 Oct 202529 Oct 2025 Well we've had our fun, but soon the night is done. Kept awake by witches' cacklesStartled by the werewolves' howlStalked by stumbling zombie shadowsHarried by hell's haunting screamA vampire now…
Captian's Log Starting Spooky Season 1 Oct 202530 Sep 2025 What's that? Is that a pumkin? Why are these leaves strewn about the lawn? Where's my candy corn! It's the start of spook season, the first that leads to the…
Captian's Log Interruptions 2 May 20251 May 2025 As I sit in my old yard this morning, watching the tips of the evergreens grow bright in the rising sun while all around the morning songs of various birds…
Captian's Log Strange Magic | Happy Halloween 31 Oct 202410 Oct 2024 The strange and terrible magic of an old sheet thrown over your head, to cut out eyeholes in a threadbare cloth stolen from your bed, to visit your neighbors as…
Captian's Log The Sleeper Slept 26 Oct 202424 Oct 2024 The specter shifted its translucent head to gaze wistfully out the library's veranda window as the music invaded its silent study. The sounds of the party below touched something in…
Captian's Log Please Read: Blurryface 23 Oct 2024 Please Read: Blurryface I am excited to share a little piece I wrote back in 2023. I've been looking to find a place to publish it since and am pleased to…
Captian's Log Glad Gourd Glow 21 Oct 2024 The pumpkin smiles upon the doorstep, its face shining with an inner light. Orange gourd and guardian of the night, smile on, my friend, smile on. There are terrors that…
Captian's Log Please Read: Brother 9 Oct 2024 Please Read: BrotherI'm pleased to announce that my short story, Brother, is now live on the Futurist Letters. I'd really appreciate it if you'd go read it and share it…
Captian's Log Spooky Season—Let’s GO! 1 Oct 2024 Well, it's October 1st and we're shifting straight into high gear spooky mode as two of my short stories are now set for publication in the Futurist Letters. I am…
Captian's Log For the Birds 26 Oct 2023 The air was tainted with a green mist that hung in patches of small, congealing clouds, some above my head, some down at my feet, and everywhere in between. Where…