by Jim Stitzel | May 13, 2018 | General
My body is a traitor, an amalgam of systems all malfunctioning in and out of sync with one another so that every day is a craps shoot as to what my health will look like. My brain misfires, and fear and trepidation assault me like twin armies hellbent on destroying my...
by Jim Stitzel | May 2, 2018 | General
It’s been two years now since my first (and hopefully only) inpatient treatment for depression. In so many ways it feels like forever ago because in the intervening months, so much has happened in my life. I’ve struggled to regain my feet and reassamble my...
by Jim Stitzel | May 1, 2018 | General
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and while great strides have been made in recent years to remove and reduce the stigma associated with mental illness, we still have a long way to go to eradicate it completely. So we dedicate this whole month to awareness...
by Jim Stitzel | May 1, 2018 | Stories
This entry is part 2 of 6 in the series World Tunnel“Telemetry from the probe has been parsed and analyzed, Captain,” Lady responds. The ship’s voice is a soothing alto, designed to accommodate for the crew as they recover. “The data has...
by Jim Stitzel | Apr 30, 2018 | Stories
This entry is part 1 of 6 in the series World TunnelThe Classy Lady parks itself in a synchronous orbit above the asteroid Berger-Behregen before waking and decanting the crew. The ship locates and contacts the telemetry beacon planted in the surface of the rock while...