Captian's Log Softly, Now 23 Jun 2025 Softly, now; he'll hear a whisper or a sigh. Make your step as light as air; your breath as slow as time. Even a heartbeat, it's been said, can betray…
Captian's Log The Silence of Space 18 Dec 2024 The engine stalled, and for a few, breathless moments, the silence of space invaded the little shuttle. The momentum pressed us forward, and we drifted through the quiet, watchful stars.…
Captian's Log Miles to Go 12 Jul 20246 Jul 2024 The sewer waited, the porthole yawning like some black mouth ready to swallow me alive. Crossing myself, I squatted down and sent my legs over the hole's lip to find…
Captian's Log A Quiet Rest 8 Nov 20234 Nov 2023 The dream grows so faint now, and the obsidian spire, so like a darkened gash, rises in the sky, a starless darkness, and the silence of this pointed rock chills…
Captian's Log Desolate 18 Apr 2023 The wind raged through the empty streets, but none would know. No ear was left to hear the shrieking wails, nor was there an eye that would be blurred by…
Captian's Log Grim 5 Mar 2023 And why are you so silent? You know I know you're there. We know it's always violent, the final gasp for air. Nothing will stop what's coming, so why will…
Captian's Log Wrapped in Darkness 21 Feb 2023 Darkness, and soft footsteps. Near, the tickling of querying antennae—food. I spring forward, wrapping my legs around the hapless intruder, pulling its squirming body toward my mouth. The legs kick…
Captian's Log Bright 19 Jul 202220 Jul 2022 He beamed at me. The rock was on his desk, waiting there by his hand. I tried to keep my eyes from it, but they kept slipping toward it. It…
Captian's Log Silence 7 Jun 20226 Jun 2022 There's a danger in silence, a danger to loneliness, a danger in a midnight stroll. You may fall in love. There's a charm to quiet contemplation which may steal your…
Captian's Log Do You Hear Them? 21 May 202218 May 2022 There are whispers in the shadows. When you turn off your lights and walk quietly down the hallway to your room, you hear the whispers. When it's dark and you're…