Captian's Log Disturbed Rest 1 Jul 202324 Jun 2023 "I keep waking up at night," I proclaim to my distracted roommates. "It's that—" I hold off the ready expletive, "—music." I glance around the small, busy kitchen, wondering if…
Captian's Log Limits of my Art 30 Jun 202324 Jun 2023 I sometimes wish I was a painter or sculptor, that I had learned how to make pictures, because sometimes I see images in my head so clearly, so viscerally, images…
Captian's Log Zombie Apocalypse Poem 29 Jun 202324 Jun 2023 What's in those faded eyes? Does any soul look out? Trapped in this human guise, does just a monster shout? Can anyone foretell or anyone foresee What hand shall strike…
Captian's Log Wicked Ears 28 Jun 202324 Jun 2023 A cozy coffin, a rainy day, a swinging corpse now half decayed, the gallows' gathered murder's caws, and in my grave, I stop and pause and listen to the evening's…
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 Hell to Pay 21 Jun 202310 Jun 2023 It's like a fire in my head: one cannot fight all that is said. The truth, once stated, there it ends, but lies go on after truth mends. At some…
Captian's Log To Carcosa 20 Jun 202317 Jun 2023 Where goes the man, so weak and frail, Whose back is bent, whose beard is long? Where go the old? Where does he sail? Does he yet speak or sing…
Captian's Log 90° From Reality 11 Jun 202310 Jun 2023 What monsters lurk in the worlds beyond our perception, what red devils can compare to the things that I have not seen—no, I have not seen them, not the whole,…
Captian's Log If Sci-Fi 9 Jun 20233 Jun 2023 He leaned toward Sheila, and she leaned toward him. Their eyes closed as their lips puckered. He could feel the warmth of her skin as they drew closer. Then, the…
Captian's Log If Thriller 8 Jun 20233 Jun 2023 He leaned toward Sheila, and she leaned toward him. Their eyes closed as their lips puckered. He could feel the warmth of her skin as they drew closer. Then, the…
