by Jim Stitzel | Jun 5, 2024 | Stories
I need to tell somebody what I’ve done, but I don’t know who to turn to. I doubt anyone would believe me. And if they did, I’m afraid the news would get out, and I would suddenly become a specimen to be analyzed and dissected — figuratively by...
by Jim Stitzel | Jun 4, 2024 | Stories
There were too many people in the room. Jared knew it before he even set foot in the room, but he was compelled to enter anyway. And he regretted it the moment he did. He avoided looking at anyone. Instead, he shuffled to one side of the room and took up a spot along...
by Jim Stitzel | Jun 3, 2024 | General
I’ve been writing a lot lately here on my blog. It helps that I can now generate unique feature images for my content, thanks to some new features in the Jetpack plugin I use to support my website. I prefer to write here because it’s my space, configured...
by Jim Stitzel | Jun 3, 2024 | Stories
The rain started today. Again. And it wasn’t just a little sprinkle, either. It was a positive deluge, as is normal on this planet. We have 240 days in our yearly cycle, and it rains here for 239 of those days. We get one day of dry and sunny every year, and I...
by Jim Stitzel | Jun 2, 2024 | Stories
“The next 30 minutes will change everything!” I shouted, as the vortex whirled and swirled in front of us. We’d created the thing using archaic technology that somehow came together to form a whirlpool of light — purple and pink and orange. We...
