Captian's Log Justice & Mercy: Lifted Up 19 Nov 202416 Nov 2024 He hugged the little girl a little tighter and prayed to the God he hated and cursed, begging that distant tyrant to show some mercy, not for himself, not to…
Captian's Log Justice & Mercy: A Pause 18 Nov 202416 Nov 2024 He might have stayed a long time, maybe forever, or maybe until the carcasses had rotted away, or until the bones had moldered and fallen into dust; more probably, until…
Captian's Log Justic & Mercy: Undone 17 Nov 202416 Nov 2024 He would not let her see the bloody things that were left, protecting her even from himself, from what he was, from seeing what he had done, so he told…
Captian's Log Into a Darkness 16 Nov 2024 The dreams begin again, their soft, effervescent forms come and go like tendrils of fog never leaving a memory. I wait in the darkness, listening to the conversations I cannot…
Captian's Log Sparks 15 Nov 20249 Nov 2024 The king passed me in the night as the fuller's hammer kept a steady beat, like a heart or the ticking of a clock. He's out there now, making ready…
Captian's Log Sparks 14 Nov 20249 Nov 2024 You say the king is dead, but I say he walked by me in the night. Not in regalia but the softer hues of a faded smock. There, of that…
Captian's Log Sparks 13 Nov 20249 Nov 2024 The hammer fell, a steady rain of blows, making a music in the night, and by the fuller’s station I did rest, contemplating heaven's stars. The stable’s smell had wafted…
Captian's Log Remnant 10 Nov 20249 Nov 2024 There was a time before. I think I remember this. I used to be just of…of whatever we—whatever I am. I have continued. The others were mortal; I should be…
Captian's Log This Morning 8 Nov 2024 My cat's behavior this morning, as per usual, revolved around food. Perhaps all of five times in her life, I have given her her breakfast. This usually when her personal…
Captian's Log Religious Debate 4 Nov 2024 I dreamed recently, and in the dream, I was going, somewhat surreptitiously, to an underground fellowship of Christians. Well, metaphorically, it was underground; I was in some sort of skyscraper,…
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