by Jim Stitzel | Dec 22, 2013 | Stories
She had a cough. Deep. Wet. Ragged. They called it the creeping cough. Non-communicable to humans. Supposedly. And yet here she had it, and it was taking over her body. Already, fingers of the black fungus were reaching out from the corners of her mouth, which meant...
by Jim Stitzel | Dec 16, 2013 | General
This morning I submitted a piece to the Merry Little Apex Christmas Flash Fiction Contest. It’s something I’ve been meaning to do for a couple of weeks, but between the end of NaNoWriMo, Thanksgiving, and the early December chaos of wrapping up the...
by Jim Stitzel | Nov 21, 2013 | General
There is a significant difference between breaking the rules and breaking the law. One is a key factor in progress and innovation; the other is a breach of morality and trust. Thoughts? Bear in mind, this only just occurred to me, so I haven’t even had time to...
by Jim Stitzel | Nov 20, 2013 | General
So I’m writing a book. I can’t begin to describe the thrill it gives me to be able to say those words. I’ve known for years that I wanted to be a writer of speculative fiction. I’ve toyed and dabbled with my craft, honing it and shaping it to...
by Jim Stitzel | Nov 12, 2013 | General
We have a mouse problem, and I am single-handedly fighting a one-trap war against these invasive, but adorable, little rodents. Our first sign that we had a problem was when we realized we could frequently spot, in the span of less than a minute, no fewer than four...
