Captian's Log The Mask Wears a Shadow 2 Aug 202329 Jul 2023 The softest sound in the world can be a breaking heart. Some hearts crash or burn or get crushed—they make noise. My heart…there wasn't even a whimper; there wasn't a…
Captian's Log Waking Up 1 Aug 202329 Jul 2023 We imagine we're heroes in the safety of our minds, rescuing imaginary damsels, speaking hard truths in the faces of fantasied tyrants, willing to sacrifice everything in ancient battles for…
Captian's Log Time Loop 30 Jul 202322 Jul 2023 "How it saddens me to hear you say that." The inventor pulled a lever on his machine, and the interconnected rings, which to this point had been content to revolve…
Captian's Log Layover 28 Jul 202322 Jul 2023 Meditating to the sizzling fryer and the waitress' and cook's banter, I smiled. Here was as good a place as any to die, maybe to live. Somewhere in between, I…
Captian's Log The Jackdaw 27 Jul 202322 Jul 2023 The jackdaw paced through the grass, keeping an eye on the strangers and the bright and flashing sticks they held. There was something mesmerizing in the way the steel glinted…
Captian's Log Layover 26 Jul 202322 Jul 2023 As my eyes rolled over the simple meals offered, my mouth let out: "Forget it all." It was more of a mumble than anything, but she heard. She cocked her…
Captian's Log Winter’s Murder 25 Jul 202322 Jul 2023 How hungry winter left them. They had feasted mightily before the snow. During the battle, the streams had run red, and the corpses had burst in the autumnal sun. Now…
Captian's Log Layover 24 Jul 202317 Jul 2023 Coughing, growling, I cleared my throat. "Water," I begged in a whisper. A pleasant stream of pleasantries poured from the waitress as I sat upon a stool and as she…
Captian's Log Gun to My Head 23 Jul 202317 Jul 2023 There's a gun to my head and a drink in my hand in a second I'm dead and he tells me to stand "Do it slowly and quick or I'll…
Captian's Log Layover 22 Jul 202317 Jul 2023 As I walked over the black pavement, I felt the heat double. The sun above, cooking me and the road, the road below, hot as a frying pan, and I…
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