Captian's Log Drabble: Winter’s Zombies 24 Mar 2021 Zombies running round the corner, shotguns ringing out, recorded music in the promenade, and hints of winter, falling snow, not sticking yet, gentle glass drifting in the air. Our breath,…
Captian's Log Short Story: In Winter 20 Jan 2021 The snow whirled about the encloaked figure. The snowflakes danced around her like frolicking fairies. She stopped in front of me, and as she broke through the hazy, white curtain,…
Captian's Log Poem: I 3 Dec 2020 Please Read: I I saw the sun over the trees, and knowing that the day was done, I turned into the bitter breeze. I walked alone and saw no one.…
Captian's Log Haiku: Somber Delight 29 Nov 2020 Hear the gentle rain Softly falling on the ground Feel it on your face Breathe the winter air Stare into the barren trees Still the firs are green As I…
Captian's Log Reflection: Hope of Heaven 28 Nov 2020 A light, rain like fog hung in the distance, covering the omnipresent hills which rose and fell like giant waves off the ocean. The evergreens peaked through the misty veil,…
Captian's Log Lines of Verse 18 Nov 2020 Under the cloudy moon, and in the winter air, across deserted streets within the gaslight's glare a body lies forlorn, and cold as like a stone. Her lips without color;…
Captian's Log Again 18 Oct 2020 I dreamed again, but never died; I never slept, yet still I dreamed awake: I saw you there, alone and scarred. The lamp shone down on you. You wiped a…
Captian's Log Into the Wintry Night 18 Aug 2020 "I admit to my confusion, dear Mortimer. You want me to die, I suppose, catch my death of cold, risk life and limb, and for what, a measly band of…
Captian's Log Winter Will Come 24 Jun 2020 I thought I’d take the time to think it over, reflect upon what happened in the past, and maybe find something, some hope— There’s nothing here; it’s just a scab.…
Captian's Log Crystal Sun 15 May 2020 I was in the barn that first snow. Sweat was gathering on me, mixing with the dust. I could feel the dirt of the day clinging to my burning skin.…