Jim Stitzel
Jack-of-All-Trades, Master of WordsExcerpts from Life
Awake O’ Sleeper
I've always enjoyed old spirituals with their rhythmic chants and call-and-respond style of lyrics. "Awake O' Sleeper" strikes as me as something of a contemporary-style spiritual. Awake O'Sleeper from Brandon McCormick on Vimeo.
Ahead Stop – xkcd
As usual, xkcd knocks it out of the park. Just as my wife; I've complained out this very thing several times before. What troubles me is that, in all likelihood, a bunch of people must have sat around a table somewhere debating over the best way to lay these signs...
Speak Evil
Exactly.
Fiction
The Fire Consuming
Orthael was not entirely surprised when the first creature stepped out from behind a tree, not far ahead. It had once been a man, but grossly elongated arms led to a soft rustling from knuckles dragged along the forest floor. A few others joined it, all-too-dead eyes...
Feeding the Flame
Malika stepped back, spinning to her left as another creature lunged out of the darkness. The sword in her hand sang with need, and she swung it up in a swift, arcing motion, ramming it into the creature's chest. Its momentum as it slammed into her knocked her to the...
Night in the Cemetery
Mogram Stonecutter sat on the roof of the mausoleum in the dead of night, his lute resting in his lap. His fingers danced lightly over the strings, not playing any tune in particular but rather hitting notes and chords at random. It was an idle habit he had developed...