Captian's Log Once a Zombie, Always a Zombie 17 Oct 202514 Oct 2025 Barely, I can feel his teeth digging into my forearm. He's chosen life, then, a slow, painful wakefulness. As my blood and flesh pass through his system, the antibodies will…
Captian's Log …Always a Zombie 16 Oct 202514 Oct 2025 "This one's fresh enough," I groan to the others. "Van's full," one of them barks back. "What do I do with him?" I ask. "Let him go," someone says. "Break…
Captian's Log Once a Zombie… 15 Oct 202514 Oct 2025 Well, once a zombie, always a zombie. There was some truth to the jibe. Even after a cure, when the treatment was done, you were never exactly who you were…
Captian's Log The Screams Fade 11 Oct 20256 Oct 2025 Her lids flutter open like butterflies. "Oh, what big eyes you have," she says. "Didn't you close them at all?" She stretches and lies back down on me. Her eyes…
Captian's Log The Screams Fade 10 Oct 20256 Oct 2025 Now, as she lies sleeping in my arms, I wonder and fear at this love between us, this little life which no eye but God's has seen. What of my…
Captian's Log The Screams Fade 9 Oct 20256 Oct 2025 She was only beginning to show, but I loved placing my hand on that round, little belly and feeling the burgeoning life growing there. A dark thought struck me as…
Captian's Log The Screams Fade 8 Oct 20256 Oct 2025 She leads me back to our nest of love while I half carry her weight. Lifting her up in my arms, I settle back down on the mess of sheets.…
Captian's Log The Screams Fade 7 Oct 20256 Oct 2025 Behind me the door opens, and my frowning wife walks in. She doesn't say anything, at first, only comes up and hugs me. I feel her belly pressing against my…
Captian's Log The Screams Fade 6 Oct 2025 In the silence that only breathes around three in the morning, I stand before the bathroom mirror, feeling with tickling fingers the scar above my heart where the silver bullet…
Captian's Log The Screams Fade 5 Oct 20254 Oct 2025 Howls fill my ears as the dream fades, and I shoot up in bed screaming—or howling—I don't know. "Honey," a voice beside me moans. A cold, soft hand reaches out…