Captian's Log Abel’s Walk 28 Dec 202216 Dec 2022 Me, I always understood, at least theoretically, that I would die; seeing all of time and space play out in an instant—well, all things have to die, even the universe.…
Captian's Log Abel’s Walk 27 Dec 202216 Dec 2022 "Yes," he said. "I've seen things, strange things…" his voice fell away as his eyes glazed over. I stood, passed my hand before his face a few times—such empty eyes—and…
Captian's Log Abel’s Walk 26 Dec 202216 Dec 2022 "I have seen the beginning and the end. The Stars have burned and the darkness returns!" The pitch of his voice and the speed at which he spoke rose with…
Captian's Log Serenity 23 Dec 202222 Dec 2022 The distant roar melded into my dreams, becoming the horrid sound of the unseen beast in the ice, raging as it had once raged throughout long forgotten centuries. I was…
Captian's Log Fairy Tale: The Fruit of a Dead Tree 22 Dec 2022 Please Read: The Fruit of a Dead Tree Excerpt: There’s an old, dead tree, all twisted up and rotten. I suppose the gods had disliked it, for its outer bark…
Captian's Log Buried in Ice and Time 21 Dec 2022 A great wall of ice rose up before me, a mighty glacier standing like a mountain. I wondered to myself what terrible age of ice had given birth to this…
Captian's Log Lodgings 20 Dec 202220 Dec 2022 The wolfman growled at the castle door as the rain soaked its fur. The snout, twisted in a snarl, opened, barking out pained, half-human words. "Let me in!" "Not by…
Captian's Log Midnight Chimes 19 Dec 2022 …nevertheless, Death was a good dancer. He led me round and round, keeping in perfect step with the band, and I glided across the floor like I was nothing, nothing…
Captian's Log Phoenix 17 Dec 2022 I let the fire engulf me in its billowing flames, baptizing me as it burned away my pain. Brilliant blaze, I was a torch, a bright pillar—like an angel from…
Captian's Log The Jester Reminisces 16 Dec 2022 Death was there, an ever silent companion. Like a shadow without form, he lurked among the king's guests, and I could not tell whether we were ignoring him, or if…