Captian's Log A Mountain Slept 15 May 202614 May 2026 Sinking fast, the dimming light races away as I am plunged deeper into the dark, cold sea. Like a dim music which had been playing behind a closed door suddenly…
Captian's Log Wine From Stone 14 May 2026 Kings and dukes, a heap of flesh, their ladies a feast for crows. Castles and thrones cobwebs enmesh.The darkness only grows. Who has wrought this dreadful scene?Why, poet, dream anew…
Captian's Log Then the Madness Came 12 May 20269 May 2026 The prophet's eyes glazed over as his mouth fell open. Whatever visions danced before him, they were dark to us. Sweat poured down his temples, and tears his cheeks. The…
Captian's Log Zombie on a Leash 8 May 20265 May 2026 The limping corpse struggled forward, rasping out that continual gasp of desire they make when they see food. They do not learn. I waited as the links, one by one,…
Captian's Log NER | The Empty Room + Zombie Dance 6 May 20265 May 2026 I am happy to announce that two works of mine have been published on NER, the New English Review. I hope you'll take the time to follow the links and…
Captian's Log To the Undead 1 May 202628 Apr 2026 How strange it feels to live again, free again, out from the dirt and darkness of the grave. How strange and eerie is the sun. I guess I'm not part…
Captian's Log Waking From the Dream 28 Apr 2026 Strange dreams assault me. Visions I cannot explain. Messages I fear are for someone else. I do not understand what I see. Late in the deep darkness of night, Light…
Captian's Log Monkey Bars 23 Apr 202618 Apr 2026 Swing sets and slides abandoned. No riotous gambols at the monkey bars. No game of tag in the field. I sit across from the old playground watching an autumnal breeze…
Captian's Log Lullaby 18 Apr 202611 Apr 2026 A voice calls over the sinking pits and treacherous calm of the marsh. Some little bird sings, I think, and for the distance and the rushes and the reeds, and…
Captian's Log Happy Ninth Birthday, Tale Told 15 Apr 202620 Mar 2026 Please enjoy a few posts from this past year. https://tale-told.com/2025/04/01/dancing-with-death/ https://tale-told.com/2025/05/02/interruptions/ https://tale-told.com/2025/06/13/i-think-so-brain-but-if-we-covered-ourselves-in-sackcloth-and-ashes/ https://tale-told.com/2025/07/03/a-postscript/ https://tale-told.com/2025/08/25/a-smile-breaks-across-the-dead-mans-face/ https://tale-told.com/2025/09/18/absalom-absalom/ https://tale-told.com/2025/10/18/out-of-breath/ https://tale-told.com/2025/11/13/for-many-things-i-am-thankful-today/ https://tale-told.com/2025/12/26/if-its-true/ https://tale-told.com/2026/01/13/conversations-with-myself/ https://tale-told.com/2026/02/14/love-nest-and-zombies/ https://tale-told.com/2026/03/20/between-heaven-and-earth/
