Captian's Log Nobody Guessed 13 Sep 20239 Sep 2023 Nobody guessed the truth. There I was, talking, joking—all a nervous wreck, but hiding it as best I could—wondering the whole time if they suspected…and then they just got up…
Captian's Log An Alien 12 Sep 20239 Sep 2023 The silvery sheen of its corpse seemed to reflect a source of light that didn't exist. Even slain, it floated a few feet above the ground, its dark blood floating,…
Captian's Log To Whomever’s Trying to Kill Me 8 Sep 20234 Sep 2023 The method I myself would and do employ is patience. There really is no need to go through any trouble on my account. Nature will take its course. I'll soon…
Captian's Log Mark of Cain 7 Sep 20234 Sep 2023 "They killed him by that tree," he said, pointing. "Hung him up, but slowly. His hands were bound, but his toes could just touch the ground. They were laughing, shoving…
Captian's Log Again 4 Sep 2023 I had a strange desire to see you again, old friend. For a moment today, I half forgot what you were. It was a reflex. I should go see—I began…
Captian's Log Part of a burnt letter 2 Sep 2023 …form rejection is of course warranted, and though my colleagues have pressed upon me the limited resources of our periodical (I cannot write personal rejections to every inquiry which comes…
Captian's Log Plans 1 Sep 202319 Aug 2023 "Step one, we make a plan. Step two, we execute the plan. Step three, we realize the folly of trying to predict complex situations and human behavior. Step four, we…
Captian's Log The Ghost of the Mountain 31 Aug 202319 Aug 2023 They never knew the way he took through the burning forest, nor how that creature transformed, how that sniveling coward turned into the terror of the mountain. In a sense,…
Captian's Log Daughter of the Night 30 Aug 202319 Aug 2023 The daughter of the tyrant knows the paths of darkness, for her mother was a fay from the deep parts of the old forest. She knows the ways of shadows,…
Captian's Log Daughters of Lilith 29 Aug 202328 Aug 2023 It is the first, the ultimate, rule I must set: One must not sleep in the darkness, for the power of the mind is not stalled by any process; there…