Captian's Log Spare a Brain? 18 Sep 202217 Sep 2022 Can anybody spare a brain?It hate to ask; it's such a pain.That graveyard Joe bit me last nightwhen he and I had quite the fight,and I've been tossing on my…
Captian's Log Halloween Memory 24 Jul 2022 The paper mask hangs there on the wall, a memory. I cannot take it down. It rests between the stars, beside the waxing moon. I sometimes think of her. I…
Captian's Log From the Archives: On Ghosts 14 Jul 2022 This was originally written for The Story Club (a community which lives on as The Story Ark) around Halloween. So, as we are temporarily The SPOOKY Club, and as we…
Captian's Log From the Archives: On Writing Spooky Stories 14 Jun 2022 With the advent of The Story SPOOKY Club's Ghost Story Contest, I have been wondering what makes a tale spooky. Perspective seems to play a large part: I had a…
Captian's Log Poem: Monstrous Guests 2 Dec 2021 The vampires are asking for donations;the werewolves just want a bone;the zombies are forming coalitionsbecause they hate to be alone.The swamp-man's in the kiddie pool;Frankenstein has got a head;the ghosts…
Captian's Log Happy Halloween | Ghosted 31 Oct 202130 Oct 2021 So, I won the ghost story competition I mentioned in my post, Preparing for Halloween. Go read it here: The doorbell rang with an insistent temerity. A glance at my…
Captian's Log Poem: Halloween Comes Tiptoeing 28 Oct 2021 As Halloween comes tiptoeing our way,and all the spooks crawl out their crypts to play;as all the monsters come in for a shock,the line goes out the door around the…
Captian's Log Preparing for Halloween 25 Oct 2021 We never get trick-r-treaters where I live. This makes me sad. Every year, I buy candy, just in case, hoping that some little spook will come down our driveway and…
Captian's Log Poem: Halloween 20 Oct 2021 Hear the wind wailingAcross the darkened streetsListen to the howlsLonging for tasty treatsOpen your eyesWitness a surpriseEveryone in costume Escaping a fake tombNot a one without a smile
Captian's Log Poem: Your Mr. Grim Reaper 7 Oct 2021 Your Mr. Grim Reaper, some say he's a keeper, and other's a bag of bones. Our lady vampire, who lives in the spire, condemns with her careful tones. The doctor…
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