Captian's Log As the Grave 3 Dec 202529 Nov 2025 I have learned to speak but fear, in this moment, the real skill is in silence. I am not given to silence, as a rule. At this crisis, I feel…
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 I Sought the Sun 30 Nov 202527 Nov 2025 I sought the sun, the light, the life, but space is cold and dark. Advance upon advance, and never forward, never nearer; always, somewhere between the vision and the act,…
Captian's Log Mirror Mirror on the Net \ Tell Me if I’m Just All Wet 28 Nov 202525 Nov 2025 Hey Grok, what do you think of my little essay? I can't help but feel everyone gets AI wrong. I'm not a tech guy, and so I'm not in love…
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 Teetering 20 Nov 2025 One of the propellers was slow, making a high pitched whining noise. "Hailing the captain," I spoke into the tube. "What is it?" "I suppose you know this, but I…
By an Idiot Vampire Convention | Closure 18 Nov 2025 Dusting the top of the bed with some dirt, I lie down in the hotel, haunted by a sense of incompleteness. I had been one of the last to leave,…
Captian's Log Vampire Convention | Book Sale 17 Nov 2025 "You certainly have a beautiful catalogue. How could you ever part with any of these?" "Part? This is a library. We're all so concerned with hoarding our ancient volumes, we…
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