Captian's Log Drabble: Hangry 4 Jan 2022 "The vampires are getting hangry." "Hangry?" "Yeah, it's a portmanteau. It's hungry plus angry. Hangry, get it?" "Yeah, I get it," he said, barely suppressing a groan. "I'm more concerned…
Captian's Log Turn of the Year 3 Jan 2022 I don't have a head for statistics, so I Googled it: four. Give or take, every second, four babies are born. Four miracles. Four worlds created. So, the very second…
Captian's Log Drabble: For Whom the World Sings 2 Jan 2022 The ancient song is heard again by the infant laying low. Once more the age old melody is played. Sing, O world. O rivers, hum. O trees, shake your leaves.…
Captian's Log The End of the Affair 1 Jan 2022 I asked him to sit down. At first, he seemed hesitant, standing there with his dripping jacket still hanging off him. Then his eyes wavered, and he searched out the…
Captian's Log Cats and Dogs 21 Dec 2021 There is a cat on my leg. I cannot feel the leg anymore but for a strange tingling sensation where my leg used to be. The situation will not right…
Captian's Log The Missing Face 20 Dec 2021 The Morning "Do you know," he said, "I almost believe you. You're so sincere. It's ruined, though, by your history, our history. You're a liar, a terrible thing to be…
Captian's Log Short: The Curator 19 Dec 202117 Dec 2021 They put me in charge of the vault after the injury. No good in the field; a liability. But, I always had an acumen for detail and such. Actually, this…
Captian's Log Short: Unwanted 18 Dec 202117 Dec 2021 They left me. I understand. We were running for our lives. We were terrified. It was dark. I understand, but it still hurt to see them all jump into the…
Captian's Log Short: A Start 15 Dec 2021 A crash awoke me from my study, and I gave a startled cry before I saw that a stack of my books had fallen from the end table. I can…
Captian's Log Drabble: Beside the Tree 14 Dec 2021 "They killed him beside that tree. Bloody scene. We found the body later," said the guide. "Why did they kill him?" asked the girl. "Stabbed him there beside that tree,"…