Jim Stitzel
Jack-of-All-Trades, Master of WordsExcerpts from Life
Mental Health: Things People Say
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and while great strides have been made in recent years to remove and reduce the stigma associated with mental illness, we still have a long way to go to eradicate it completely. So we dedicate this whole month to awareness...
The Least Helpful Thing You Can Say to Someone With an Anxiety Disorder
When you have a mental illness, let alone multiple illnesses that compound on each other, you get used to a certain amount of well-intended but inane advice from any number of people that comes with the intention of helping you out of a rough spot. This generally...
A Morning In the Life
I'm driving to Frankfort, on my way to the Ironblock to set up and get some work done today. I have plans to do some work for my boss, but I also have some personal projects I want to work on that I haven't had time for lately. I'm still rubbing the sleep from my...
Fiction
Data & Analytics
"Well, we won't put together a landing party until the crew is recovered from hibernation, so three days at least. In the meantime, let's go over the data we have." Lindsey toggles her comm. "Zach, report." Zach Iverston is her chief science officer, and she can tell...
Space Zombies
"I want you to feel special," the zombie said, standing before me. The zombie in question was my former first mate, Emorson Brunnos, now somehow become one of the undead. Myself, I was the captain of this starship, before the horde overran it and turned 90% of the...
Identity Crisis
Do you know who I am? Because I sure don’t. At least I don’t know who I am here, in this world. Don’t get me wrong. I don’t have amnesia. I recall fully well who I was before I got here. And I remember how I got here, passing through a crack in my bedroom wall. It...