Captian's Log Trapped 27 Feb 2023 The cold, steel teeth bit into my leg. My red blood steamed as it fell onto the snow. The black jaws of the trap had sprung up from the frozen…
Captian's Log 2022: Merry Christmas 25 Dec 202222 Dec 2022 And as I walk through sleet and snow, as cold rain falls and harsh winds blow, and all the world seems full of woe, I think how few that night…
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 The Quick and the Dead 31 Jul 2022 Cold are the dead there, buried in ice. Hear them howl through the night! Their voices whip and wind through that glacial gorge, crying out, begging for warmth, but no…
Captian's Log Musings on the Evergreens 30 Dec 2021 The snow has mostly melted off the evergreen sentinels surrounding my house, and the temperature might get up to a blistering 40° F outside. (F, of course, stands for Freedom,…
Captian's Log Musings at the Evening of the Year 29 Dec 2021 There is a silent spell within the setting sun, a strange and mystic poetry which fills the soul. There is a soft refrain within the falling snow, and every flake…
Captian's Log Musings on the Snow 27 Dec 2021 Many things happen in life which want no explanation, which is well, as they provide none. There may be, to the scientist or madman, a reason why the snow falls,…
Captian's Log Short: Project Snowball 28 Nov 2021 "You lied," I said. The old man in the suit said nothing. "This whole time, you've been lying. You covered it all up, didn't you?" The suit got out of…
Captian's Log Poem: Snow and Ash 3 Oct 2021 Soft the flakes descend upon the waiting earth. How gently fall they to the ground. Why are my dreams so filled with snow? Why spy I winter from my bed?…
Captian's Log Drabble: Decoy 27 Sep 2021 He lay in the snow, his breath rising in little, white puffs. The soft rumble of the approaching engine grew, and he rested the barrel of his rifle against a…