Captian's Log Ran Round Its Years 8 Feb 202631 Jan 2026 He gazed at me with that irresistible grin, and I felt my heart break. "It's time," I said, watching the darkness growing in his eyes. The glass touchscreen felt like…
Captian's Log At the Café 27 Jan 202624 Jan 2026 I watched the service droid's graceful movements. Dancing from table to table, it poured the coffee and refilled glasses in noiseless, almost ghostlike, intrusions so that the patrons, in their…
Captian's Log Remembrance 11 Jan 20263 Jan 2026 There shines a light in my darkness, a dream in the night, a calm in the maelstrom. Amid the harrowing nightmares that inhabit my ever failing mind, I found a…
Captian's Log Bleeding 8 Jan 20263 Jan 2026 I'm bleeding out, out in space—I flail, no gravity, no grace.My life is racing through my suit.Red globs circle, bright as fruit. Dizzy now, it's growing dim.Things are looking rather…
Captian's Log Pilgrim to the Grave 1 Dec 202529 Nov 2025 A premise for a book I'll probably never get around to writing: "I want you to reconsider. Don't you think you owe me something?" I tried to keep the disgust…
Captian's Log Lemon 26 Nov 202525 Nov 2025 "Do you understand how old this is?" "No." "No? No, well, alright. I mean, the fall and rise of every empire, before any word was ever written down, I mean,…
Captian's Log Intelligence 22 Nov 2025 "Just a word of warning," I said. "What?" "They're a bugger to kill." He raised his eyebrow in a disbelieving gesture. "Listen, kid, even when that thing was dying, it…
Captian's Log Not Unlike Death 21 Nov 2025 How beautiful, perfect, exquisite, was the coming death. He had never seen a ship glide so smoothly out of hyperspace. Here was craftsmanship beyond his ken. Vaguely, he guessed the…
Captian's Log Just Evil 9 Nov 202531 Oct 2025 Staring into his face, I ask, "Where did I go wrong?" He pulls at the chains binding him, growling and frothing. Then, as I stare into his eyes, I finally…
Captian's Log Ad Astra 8 Nov 202531 Oct 2025 I know it's not vogue, especially for our side, to believe in God, but I've never felt so close to Him, or so distant. It's a paradox. I've never been…
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