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Bloody Bones – Part Three
14th November 1828 Sweet Agatha, Six of the crew are dead. Four seaman, a cabin boy and the Carpenter. Last night’s dream came in fits and starts as my sleep was fractured by the screams of the sick. There was such blood, darling. In my dreams, and when I awoke. It sloshed about my boots…
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Bloody Bones – Part Two
13th November 1828 My sweet one, The morning finally came, and I rejoiced, for I was free of the terrors that taunt me through the night. Even as I awoke, surrounded by the real world, I could barely shake the shadows from my mind, and I carried out my duties and routine in utmost silence,…
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Bloody Bones – Part One
12th November 1828 My dearest love, I long for the land, so I may see you again, and be free of my torment. I write, and I write, yet, as long as I am a slave to the sea, these thoughts may as well remain in my head. In fifteen days, my life begins again,…
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Silver and Sapphires
He takes such good care of me, but Lord help me, all I am is plain awful. Every night, I cry my eyes out, soakin’ his shoulder with my sobs and screams. The two of us just drown together, and then, somehow, we rise again. His big ol’ arms wrap around me, and his eyes—cool,…