Jim Stitzel
Jack-of-All-Trades, Master of WordsExcerpts from Life
Sleep, and the Struggle Thereof
I slept five hours last night. I was expecting seven, but of course my anxiety had other ideas. Do you know what it’s like to wake up in the wee hours of the morning, not yet fully awake but just semi-comatose enough to know that something isn’t right? You hear...
So Much Colorful Trash
I feel like so much colorful trash today. (Yes, there is such a thing as colorful trash. It’s the same as regular trash, just, y’know, brighter. Don’t ask me how it works. I don’t make the rules.) Between sleeping much less than my usual number of hours the last month...
The Types of Dreams I’ve Had the Past Few Years
(Content warning: discussion of death and dreams of bullying and violent behavior) I don’t understand my sleeping mind. I can’t remember the last time I had a true nightmare. But for a number of years now, the kinds of dreams I have feature situations and scenarios...
Fiction
The Kiss
The kiss reminded George of drowning, but that’s what he got for kissing a Lashkin, a sea demon of the Deep. He hadn’t exactly planned to kiss the demon, but when its face was right in front of his, he couldn’t help himself. It must have been some sort of glamor the...
Casual EMP
Hal watched the lights go off across the city. He hadn’t meant to fire off that EMP blast from his fists, but it had happened anyway. And it had been a big blast. Big enough to take out an entire city grid. He didn’t quite understand what had happened. Up until five...
The World
It is the culmination of everything you have done. It marks the completion and fulfillment of one path you are on. It is the World, and it sets a marker for you to revel in your success. You have made it to the end of what you set out to do, and a new cycle is...