Jim Stitzel
Jack-of-All-Trades, Master of WordsExcerpts from Life
Urine Humidity
It's rather disturbing when you step into your small horse barn to feed the animals and realize that it's humid, but that the _reason_ it's humid is because all that urine is evaporating. The thought that then runs through your head is, "Ewwww, I'm walking through a...
Halo 3 Webcomics
I'm pleased to announce the official launch of "Halo 3 Webcomics":http://halo3webcomics.com, a collective for other Halo 3 comics writers to share their stories. It's my opinion that one of the biggest barriers to publishing a webcomic is affordable hosting. I'm...
Creative Commons on Photographs
Anyone who knows me knows how much I love digital media. Most of my hobbies involve something to do with the Internet in one form or another, and just recently I reworked "my photoblog":http://photos.shamuswrites.com with a new theme and fresh photos updating every...
Fiction
The Shelter
The shelter calls out to Eifan, and he is drawn toward it. A cool breeze blows in off the sea and with it a hint of a voice, as if a vapor. Almost that voice entices him away from his explorations, but he impatiently shrugs it off. There is mystery in that shelter,...
Shadow Man
I saw a shadow man today, tracking me through the corn. It kept its distance, for which I was grateful, but it moved when I moved, stepped where I stepped, stumbled when I stumbled. It stayed with me for some time before I stopped and turned to face it. Hey, there,...
Godshaker
The table in front of Traxis is littered with little bits and parts, spare pieces collected from weapons gathered up over the long years of roaming in the wilds, all pre-City. The weapons themselves are long gone, many damaged beyond repair during the heat of one...