Jim Stitzel

Jack-of-All-Trades, Master of Words

Excerpts from Life

Panic

Panic

Every day this week has been a battle. The panic I feel inside has been progressive, starting with mild anxiety on Monday and progressing steadily toward a panic attack that lasted all afternoon and into the evening Thursday. It's a battle with no winners, only a...

Challenges, and a Year to Remember

Challenges, and a Year to Remember

To say that 2020 has been a challenging year would be an understatement of epic proportions. The rise of COVID-19 has turned the year into one that no one is likely to forget anytime soon. It has upset the status quo of the entire world and left so many of us bereft...

Children at Play

Children at Play

I sit on a swing at the park, watching my children at play around me. They scurry and run and leap and climb during this first warm day we’ve had in several weeks. They’re loving the warm weather, as am I.

Fiction

Slaughter and Sacrifice

This entry is part 31 of 35 in the series The Rusted Blade

They approached the other side of the clearing and it was Orthael’s turn to rein in a jolt of shock. Shrouded in his sole focus on the Fire, he had held only a loose grip on the details of a martial engagement.

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