The Captain’s Log: Chapter 1 – How to a Fake a Death

Deciding the best way to die is not something one ever is taught to consider. It’s a notion my brother’s consider with morbid curiosity, most assuredly but never in the presence of Mama or myself. Never in front of a lady. If I even attempted to walk in on their conversations, the topic would switch to …

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The Captain’s Log: Prologue

Crashing waves against the sea wall of an old castle

CW: Talk of gender norms, death, and suicidal ideations Cover Photo by Benjamin Elliott on Unsplash Before I can still recall the taste of salt water on my face. Bitter and hot as it leaked from my eyes, so different from the sea spray I preferred to catch as the wind ripped over the ramparts. At sixteen years …

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