Captian's Log Without Form and Void | A Response 3 Nov 202531 Oct 2025 I remember an old, atheist joke: "When one person hears a voice, that's schizophrenia, but when everybody hears a voice, it's religion." I'm tempted to reply, if everyone can hear…
Captian's Log Lights Out 20 Jun 2022 The lights went out, sending us all over the edge. Being suddenly blind is quite as shocking as the dreadful sensation of falling—no, not of falling, of the weird moment…
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 Laughter in the Shadows 18 Apr 2022 "I wish we could have been friends." I begin to laugh, but it dies in my throat. "I forgive you. I'm not a priest or anything, but I forgive you.…
Captian's Log A Dead Guy Walks Into a Bar 16 Mar 202216 Mar 2022 "So, a dead guy walks into a bar—" "How?" my friend asks. "On his feet." "Yeah, but how? Like, he's dead. If he's a vampire, he can't, right? If he's…
Captian's Log Old Man 6 Mar 2022 "A cold chill crept—isn't that a fun alliteration?—down my spine. They were everywhere. I was surrounded; nothing but my pistol and one shot left. I cocked my hammer and aimed…
Captian's Log The Other Side 6 Nov 2021 The night was cold and dark, the rain falling fast and hard, and the wind was raging over the sea. The windshield wipers squeaked in their furied race back and…
Captian's Log Given the Odds 12 Jan 2019 “It’s perfect! I can prove there hasn’t been any murder whatsoever.” The detective looked at the bleeding, perforated body. “How do you figure that,” he muttered with dread. “Well, you…
Captian's Log The World Gone Mad 16 Oct 2017 When you ride the train near daily, there is a certain inevitability regarding interaction with eccentric and extravagant personalities. These are mostly pot-heads, sometimes schizophrenics, but I was not prepared…
Captian's Log Similarities between Armed Robbers and Governments 10 Oct 201711 Oct 2017 Riding the public rail system home this afternoon, daydreaming myself a hero facing off against train-robbers, two parallels suddenly emerged in my mind between governments and armed thieves. I at…
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