Jim Stitzel
Jack-of-All-Trades, Master of WordsExcerpts from Life
From Fire, Life
I've had a lot of different imagery floating through my mind over the last year as I've progressively taken more control and responsibility for my personal growth and development, both as an individual and as someone living a chronic mental illness. Fire is a common...
For the Love of Sleep
Yesterday was a difficult day, the first I've had in quite a while (if you don't count the panic attack I suffered the first couple days of the year). It was bad enough that I took the first emergency klonopin I've needed in weeks. On the one hand, it's amazing I've...
Troubled Sleep
I rise suddenly from sleep, my mind whirling a thousand klicks a second. The vestiges of my dreams cling to me like a vapor -- but only for a moment. A moment and it is gone, a breath puffed away in less than a heartbeat. The only thing I'm left with is the sense of...
Fiction
Wandering in the Dark
I walked those crazy, twisted pathways for hours, and still I failed to catch up with you. Every now and again, I heard your laugh, both near and distant at the same time. The acoustics in this place were odd, seeming at times to amplify your laugh while at other...
Spider Corpses
Spider shells, littering the floor to the bedroom. Vague carcasses left behind after the creatures molted and outgrew their skins. But that isn't how spiders work, is it? Well, not for these spiders, at least. Creepy webs all up on the walls, the ceiling, filled with...
Glitch
It was a technical glitch. The universe wasn't supposed to temporarily wink out of existence like that. We apologize for the oversight. The error was completely ours. The hotfix we pushed out that led to the glitch was intended to bypass the Wormhole Highway...