Jim Stitzel
Jack-of-All-Trades, Master of WordsExcerpts from Life
2018 Retrospective: Catalyst
This past year saw a great deal of change for me, probably more than any other year of my life. I came into 2018 with certain goals in mind. Not New Year's resolutions, mind you. I'm not a fan of making promises that I might not be able to keep. But goals. Objectives...
5 Reasons Why You Absolutely SHOULD Spend Your Life with an Empath
Empaths are a rare and rather unique type of person. We view the world and interact with it in a way few others do. We experience strong emotions, deeply, and are extremely sensitive to minute fluctuations in tone and mood in just about any environment. This is not...
The Season of SADness
It creeps up on me every year, and every year you'd think I'd be prepared for it. But I'm not. I always forget, even though there's always part of my mind that is preparing for it, expecting it. I always dread the winter months, the cold weather, the short days. I...
Fiction
Psychic Surgery
He needed his sense of humour. So of course that was the very thing they surgically removed from him. He could see it there, in a jar, on the shelf, pulsing quietly. He didn’t know why they had removed it, but he was really in no position to ask questions, strapped as...
To Protect the Kingdom
No one was surprised when it happened. But the would-be assassin flew backward out the castle window, scattering shards of glass through the air. He landed on the ground roughly, and it was a moment before he could stand back up. Meanwhile, a figure appeared at the...
Manhunter
It was the sixth day of the heatwave. It was so hot you could see the air rippling and warping as the sun baked off the moisture from the ground and the air. No life could be seen anywhere, except for the buzzards whirling and twirling high up in the sky looking for...