Jim Stitzel
Jack-of-All-Trades, Master of WordsExcerpts from Life
Screaming Into the Void
I had another emotional breakdown yesterday. The second in less than a month. This one was less externally dramatic than the last one but no less painful and traumatizing. Two things, though, about this one were different. 1. I only know part of the trigger. Generally...
The Sudden Shift in My Media Dietary Preferences — or Why I Rarely Watch TV Anymore
I rarely watch TV these days. I'll occasionally start a show on Netflix or Amazon Prime, but as often as not I'll lose interest four or five episodes in and never go back to finish the series. I've talked about this with friends over the last couple of years, but I...
Medically Frail?
I opened a piece of mail today from the Indiana Family & Social Services Administration (FSSA). I get a lot of mail from them. I've been receiving SNAP benefits for the last year, and then because of my low income from last year, I ended up qualifying for...
Fiction
Monster
It is an abomination. A creature straight out of nightmare. It has the head and body of a cat, the tail of a scorpion, legs of a spider, and claws like a lobster. It skitters across the ceiling of the ancient, buried temple, seemingly unaware of gravity. There is very...
Nova
Awe-inspiring. The nova was a brilliant, glorious phenomenon, all red and blue energy as the white dwarf star suctioned matter from its red supergiant companion. Then it blasted off in a furious explosion, creating a gaseous cloud visible throughout the galaxy....
The Collapse
And then there was one. For forever, that is, for the entire length of recorded time, the multiverse expanded into trillions of disparate universes. Each was separated from the others by the slimmest barrier of cosmic energy. The universes existed inside their own...