Captian's Log A Dream 5 Apr 20224 Apr 2022 Wiping his eyes, the policeman asked, though he knew, "Where were you at noon?" The host smiled up at him and answered, "In the house of the wizard." The policeman's…
Captian's Log A Dream 4 Apr 2022 When they found the one who had been the shadow, he was not hiding. It was the same day, in the evening, in the sunset, and he was throwing a…
Captian's Log A Dream 3 Apr 2022 He did hear, though, the creaking of a window opening, and a glance—just a glance—did he catch of the silhouette of the murderer against the bright day. The alarm went…
Captian's Log A Dream 2 Apr 2022 The wizard was dead. His butler came in—he had just left, but he'd heard a noise—and found his mater's body slumped over the desk, a knife sticking out of his…
Captian's Log Duel 30 Mar 2022 "You're dying," she realized aloud. "We're all dying," I said. "I'm just better at it." That terrible look of pity crossed her eyes. "Don't look at me like that," I…
Captian's Log Tower Past 29 Mar 2022 The old tower seemed to have just grown there; it was more like a giant, weathered stump than a castle. I suspect, if we could dig into the bare rock…
Captian's Log Twilit Carousel 27 Mar 2022 The twilit carousel turns and returns in ever slowing cycles. The ride is over and done—almost done—and we must get off. Inertia, that's all that keeps us spinning. Round and…
Captian's Log Magic 26 Mar 2022 They had killed magic. You could feel it, an entire planet without a soul. Even a city has a soul. They had killed magic. Here, the sun didn't rise, a…
Captian's Log Death and Chess 22 Mar 2022 "Bah!" grunted Death. "You win." I gazed down at the chessboard. "I thought that was impossible," I said. Death stood, glaring at me. "Then why'd you challenge me to a…
Captian's Log The Church 20 Mar 202219 Mar 2022 And I awoke from that dream, as the church bells rang, and stretched in that cold pew. And I saw that the church walls rose up around me as walls…
