Captian's Log Sepulcher 26 Jun 202225 Jun 2022 The musty air was mixed with the faintest tint of death, like the subtle fumes of a grave, odors which nature knows but man cannot smell. Nature knows, but doesn't…
Captian's Log Can’t Be 25 Jun 2022 By some happenchance, a river diverges around a long, thin island. It is a wide river, and the little island might at times feel itself alone in the world. Only…
Captian's Log Lights Out 20 Jun 2022 The lights went out, sending us all over the edge. Being suddenly blind is quite as shocking as the dreadful sensation of falling—no, not of falling, of the weird moment…
Captian's Log Trapdoor 19 Jun 202218 Jun 2022 The hollow echo of their steps rebounded into Chance's ears with thrilling, subtle evolutions; what monsters stalk this empty church? What terrors lurk in this dark cathedral? Just two men,…
Captian's Log Hypnos 18 Jun 2022 The pendulum sweeps before my eyes—to the right, to the left—while his soft, disembodied voice whispers imperceptible phrases to me, the quiet syllables bleeding into each other like waves. Honeyed…
Captian's Log At a Crossroads 16 Jun 2022 "They killed him by the waterfall where any sound or cry he made might be drowned within the roaring cataract." "Excuse me, but is this the way to the main…
Captian's Log Poem: I Welcome Fire 15 Jun 2022 The deadly flame, locked up in glass,a ready aim, the sunburnt grass;the shot rings out, the lantern falls.Too late his shout, useless his calls;the fire lives, is spreading fast,but death…
Captian's Log Prelude 12 Jun 202211 Jun 2022 The old stones of the city stood silently, as they had throughout long ages past, while the rain fell. An old church, empty—its vomiting gargoyles and sneering grotesques giving faces…
Captian's Log Telling 9 Jun 2022 There are secrets I could tell, would tell, should tell, but can't. I could, so easy too, to say, but can't, can't say, cause I said I wouldn't. Dead promises…
Captian's Log Pretenders 8 Jun 2022 "Anyone know where the latrine is?" "The what?" "Water closet. Powder room. Lavatory. Loo!" My companion's face was awash in excited discomfort. "You mean bathroom?" I asked. He nodded. I…
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