Captian's Log Life Update: Short Stories 4 Nov 2023 Well, I've caught something of a cold over the weekend. Feel fairly miserable and disjointed. Can't hold my thoughts together. Trying to write is hard; my reserves of self-control are…
Captian's Log Poem: Vampire Lover 31 Oct 202330 Oct 2023 Please Read: Vampire Lover Don't wake the dead tonight don't whisper in their ear don't raise this awful fright don't play around with fear Just let the past lie down…
Captian's Log Undeath 16 Sep 20239 Sep 2023 The horrible thing about a dead body is that it's dead. All the things, the accidents, the smell, the stiffening, the decay, are all symbols of one unendurable fact: a…
Captian's Log Daughter of the Night 30 Aug 202319 Aug 2023 The daughter of the tyrant knows the paths of darkness, for her mother was a fay from the deep parts of the old forest. She knows the ways of shadows,…
Captian's Log Head Heart Bowels 18 Aug 202312 Aug 2023 The jester's trick, the headsman's swing, the prince picks up his sword, The change is quick, the bell will ring, he cuts the silver cord. The prince is dead, the…
Captian's Log Rough Draft: Unnatural 25 Apr 2023 It is unnatural to lose a child, but nature goes on. John's nature, always to pull, to search, to unravel, led him down a very unnatural path. Seventeen children had…
Captian's Log Second Death 9 Apr 2023 The dead are not to blame for our fear; neither are we. Some things just are. The urn is heavier than I'd imagined, the night colder than I'd thought. The…
Captian's Log All That I Can 5 Apr 2023 But is it any good, I ask myself, or should I throw this tale upon the shelf? There's something off, but something's right as well. I'm stuttering, but here's a…
Captian's Log Vampire’s Daydreams 9 Mar 2023 I sometimes think that I miss sleep the most. Lying in my coffin, waiting for the sun to fall, the interminable hours creep by like snails; like gooey snails running…
Captian's Log Please Read: The Portrait of Science 6 Mar 2023 Please Read:The PortraitofScience https://taletold.wordpress.com/short-stories/the-portrait-of-science/
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