Captian's Log Twilit Musings 19 Sep 202318 Sep 2023 He wondered if there was a world, somewhere, where the twilight never passed away into either the hard heat of day or the sharp chill of night. He prayed, he…
Captian's Log And Yet… 20 Aug 202312 Aug 2023 The sweetest sound I ever heard the crying of a little bird who knew nothing but helpless need and so he sung out for his feed. The greatest warmth, at…
Captian's Log Time Loop 30 Jul 202322 Jul 2023 "How it saddens me to hear you say that." The inventor pulled a lever on his machine, and the interconnected rings, which to this point had been content to revolve…
Captian's Log Day’s Work 23 May 202320 May 2023 And how the sweat rolls down my face, and how the air grows thick, and how I long to leave this place, and how for home I'm sick. And now…
Captian's Log Walking Over My Grave 19 May 202318 May 2023 I felt the need to visit my grave today. I'm lucky enough to have one. It has my name on it; the year I was born; the year I died,…
Captian's Log Sonnet: Bleeding Time 17 May 202317 May 2023 I'm bleeding time and raking in the cash, more money than I ever thought to make. Before I die, I'll have a healthy stash, but more than gold-and-silver is at…
Captian's Log The Room With a Clock 5 May 2023 I've sat in the room with a clock, endured every tick, every tock. The pendulum swings on and on, from morning to night, from dusk unto dawn. I've waited with…
Captian's Log The Minute Past 4 Feb 2023 Sometimes I sit before the clock and watch the minute hand. I think, if I am still, if I am very, very still, I just might see it move. I…
Captian's Log Mesmerist 1 Feb 2023 The pendant swings in time with the mesmerist’s chant as the seconds slowly spend themselves and spin themselves, the hands slowly passing where they've passed before, and so are minutes,…
Captian's Log Time! 12 Jan 2023 "I understand the temptation," the old man observed. The vampire twisted around, only now observing his uninvited guest. A great, greying mustache was what he saw first; below it were…