Jim Stitzel
Jack-of-All-Trades, Master of WordsExcerpts from Life
Thought for the Day
There is a significant difference between breaking the rules and breaking the law. One is a key factor in progress and innovation; the other is a breach of morality and trust. Thoughts? Bear in mind, this only just occurred to me, so I haven't even had time to unpack...
NaNoWriMo 2013 — Won!
So I'm writing a book. I can't begin to describe the thrill it gives me to be able to say those words. I've known for years that I wanted to be a writer of speculative fiction. I've toyed and dabbled with my craft, honing it and shaping it to the point where I feel...
Mousetrap
We have a mouse problem, and I am single-handedly fighting a one-trap war against these invasive, but adorable, little rodents. Our first sign that we had a problem was when we realized we could frequently spot, in the span of less than a minute, no fewer than four...
Fiction
Standing on the Precipice
He stands on the very edge of the precipice, his bare feet feeling every contour of the rough stone beneath them, his toes out over the edge and curling down as if to grasp the ledge itself. A warm breeze blows at his back, threatening to push him over at the...
Heart of Steel
He sat before his workbench, looking at his heart lying on the workspace before him. The steel mechanism that sustained his life lay open like a book, hinge at the back, clasp at the front (currently undone), gears and other clockwork mechanisms turning and clicking...
Pathways in the Dark
The room, if you can call it that, for it was enormous, easily the largest single chamber I'd seen down here in the dark, was a nightmare landscape of chaos. I had to shake my head and blink my eyes several times to try to rid myself of the vertigo it induced just...