Captian's Log The Way of the Dead Gods 12 Aug 20237 Aug 2023 The kings hold their dreadful vigil over the valley, passing their silent judgment upon the weary mortals whose fading flesh falls to corruption and decay. Effervescent, the living grow and…
Captian's Log The Way of the Dead Gods 11 Aug 20237 Aug 2023 Hidden under canvas, I strike a match. The darkness becomes warm, and the shadows dance as I cup my hands over the little flame. Lowering the burning tapper toward the…
Captian's Log The Way of the Dead Gods 10 Aug 20237 Aug 2023 Then I felt a chill in my bones, and just as soon, it seemed, the echoes of distant rain came to my ear. My head turned toward the north, and…
Captian's Log The Way of the Dead Gods 9 Aug 20237 Aug 2023 What a deadly, whistling breeze passes through the broken giants. The ancient stones, carved in the likeness of dead kings, stand tall and massive, their unblinking and senseless eyes gazing…
Captian's Log Layover 28 Jul 202322 Jul 2023 Meditating to the sizzling fryer and the waitress' and cook's banter, I smiled. Here was as good a place as any to die, maybe to live. Somewhere in between, I…
Captian's Log Layover 26 Jul 202322 Jul 2023 As my eyes rolled over the simple meals offered, my mouth let out: "Forget it all." It was more of a mumble than anything, but she heard. She cocked her…
Captian's Log Layover 24 Jul 202317 Jul 2023 Coughing, growling, I cleared my throat. "Water," I begged in a whisper. A pleasant stream of pleasantries poured from the waitress as I sat upon a stool and as she…
Captian's Log Layover 22 Jul 202317 Jul 2023 As I walked over the black pavement, I felt the heat double. The sun above, cooking me and the road, the road below, hot as a frying pan, and I…
Captian's Log Layover 20 Jul 202317 Jul 2023 The dusty road went on into the desolate plain, tapering until it fell out of sight in the far haze of heat which separated the clear, blue sky from the…
Captian's Log Layover 18 Jul 202317 Jul 2023 There is a melancholy air in the noises a bus makes when it parks: a hissing; then the engine dies. You step out of this monster you've been riding in,…
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