Captian's Log The Fallen 2 Jul 20222 Jul 2022 Lead fell like rain, tearing apart earth and men together, mixing the dust and blood into soup. The bodies of the slain lay in jigsaw pieces upon the battlefield, arms…
Captian's Log I’ve Bled This Way Before 28 Jun 2022 The twisting, turning, endless corridors—No means to mark my way along the floorexcept to open up my aching wound—Such desprate means! Already I have swoonedand laid upon my stony path,…
Captian's Log Sepulcher 26 Jun 202225 Jun 2022 The musty air was mixed with the faintest tint of death, like the subtle fumes of a grave, odors which nature knows but man cannot smell. Nature knows, but doesn't…
Captian's Log Trapdoor 19 Jun 202218 Jun 2022 The hollow echo of their steps rebounded into Chance's ears with thrilling, subtle evolutions; what monsters stalk this empty church? What terrors lurk in this dark cathedral? Just two men,…
Captian's Log Hypnos 18 Jun 2022 The pendulum sweeps before my eyes—to the right, to the left—while his soft, disembodied voice whispers imperceptible phrases to me, the quiet syllables bleeding into each other like waves. Honeyed…
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 Prelude 12 Jun 202211 Jun 2022 The old stones of the city stood silently, as they had throughout long ages past, while the rain fell. An old church, empty—its vomiting gargoyles and sneering grotesques giving faces…
Captian's Log New Skin 29 May 202229 May 2022 You tore my flesh away revealing bone, and all I was, a skeleton alone. The spiders came to make their summer nest. They crawled inside my skull, into my breast.…
Captian's Log Thriller Night 27 May 2022 In the Bunker "D'you ever try to teach zombies to dance?" No answer. "Michael made it look so easy. But, you know what? Zombies really aren't that flexible, and choreography…
Captian's Log Behind the Window 22 May 202217 May 2022 It was always a beautiful day. Every time I looked out the window, the sun was shining and the lazy clouds were drifting through the heavenly breezes above. It was…
