Jim Stitzel
Jack-of-All-Trades, Master of WordsExcerpts from Life
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.
Seven Hours In An Emergency Room
I stand in the waiting are of a local emergency room, stand because I cannot bear to sit, cannot bear to hold still. I’m on day four of Panic Attack #ItDoesn’tEvenMatter, and I can barely hold myself together. I’m at the emergency room because I need relief, because it’s a month out before I’ll get to see my new psychiatrist, because I can’t afford to wait that long, because the anxiety is cutting into my ability to function and I NEED HELP RIGHT NOW!!!
Beasts versus Monsters
Sometimes the beasts of my heart are unable to overcome the monsters of my mind.
Fiction
The Fool
He is a wealthy man, dressed in tuxedos and $300 shoes, he sports a fancy watch on his wrist. He drives luxury sports cars and goes to the country club on weekends. He lives in the big city and makes decisions that will affect thousands of people who work under his...
Bees
It is an active hive. Thousands of bees cluster around the thing, flying in and out, performing any number of tasks for the betterment of the hive as a whole. They build onto the hive. They forage for food. They nourish and care for the queen. But most of all, they...
The Shop
An hourglass, where the bottom is a clear crystal chamber and the top is a human skull. Sand passes through the jaw to the chamber below, where a live scorpion rearranges the sand into geometric patterns. A stuffed cat, taxidermized in such a way that all its fur is...