Captian's Log Fairy Tale: The Fruit of a Dead Tree 22 Dec 2022 Please Read: The Fruit of a Dead Tree Excerpt: There’s an old, dead tree, all twisted up and rotten. I suppose the gods had disliked it, for its outer bark…
Captian's Log Reflections on a Dream 21 Nov 202213 Nov 2025 And the snake, a-slitherin in the dark, bewept his form. Why criest thou, o snake? And from the serpent's coils came a human voice: Why knowest not that I was…
Captian's Log The Witch’s Beast 5 Nov 2022 In vain he drew his sword. The young man, panting with anger and fear, stood before the fire, his burning home, facing that slender shadow that was walking through the…
Captian's Log The Morning After 1 Nov 2022 A good night's work, the skeleton thought to himself, quickly taking another drink to drown out the quiet, contrarian voice that echoed softly in his hollow skull, repeating the words…
Captian's Log 2022: Happy Halloween 31 Oct 202225 Aug 2022 Where dragons lurk and banshees scream,where knights aren't always what they seem,where ghosts and ghouls all run around,where zombies rise out of the ground,where things that slither, slither on,where things…
Captian's Log Four Vignettes for Halloween 29 Oct 202229 Oct 2022 The vampire stalked his ancient cellar, pondering her words as he paced back and forth over the cobblestones. The werewolf sat in silence as the spell faded and the hairy…
Captian's Log Passing 20 Oct 2022 The marble walls rose up to heaven while the streets below were filled with black-clad mourners. The city flowed toward its mausoleum as the ornate bier followed its gradual course…
Captian's Log Which Choice, Witch? 22 Aug 2022 Free of freedom and despairInner dreams brought on foul airReturn and thank your evil sireEver bound in thorny wire Bring a sacrifice of bloodUnto the monsters of the floodRing for…
Captian's Log Poem: Monstrous Guests 2 Dec 2021 The vampires are asking for donations;the werewolves just want a bone;the zombies are forming coalitionsbecause they hate to be alone.The swamp-man's in the kiddie pool;Frankenstein has got a head;the ghosts…
Captian's Log Poem: Murdering Light 14 Jul 2021 Please Read:Murdering Light At the rite of the wanning moon, we were silent,held back by fear under the grotesque masks we wore.They say the death of light must always be…
