Jim Stitzel
Jack-of-All-Trades, Master of WordsExcerpts from Life
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Lessons In Playing Better Chess
I was one of those chess geeks in high school that people like to make jokes about. We would meet once a week as a team for a little instruction and to scrimmage for an hour or two, and we went to half a dozen tournaments a year to compare brains with other chess...
Leong Mun vs Jim Stitzel
This game ended with a very satisfying "backdoor" checkmate. ###pgn### [Event "Online Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2008.08.18"] [Round "1"] [White "Leong Mun"] [Black "Jim Stitzel"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1256"] [BlackElo "1334"] [TimeControl "1 in 1 day"] 1....
Fiction
Rumination and Horror
He vomits, on all fours and stomach heaving. Long, ropey strings of fluid slide from his mouth to the ground, wet and glistening. It is the color of infected phlegm, the smell powerful, overwhelming. His belly clenches again, and he vomits more of the greasy strands...
Royal Assassin
The assassin’s blade slid across the traitor’s throat, easily slicing through pipe, vein, flesh, and fat. He kicked the obese old Duke away, the body tumbling to the floor in a heap. “You have been found guilty of treason,” the assassin said to the corpse, “For your...
Natural Selection
“Desdemona is a dangerous planet,” the guide called out to the group, “but only if you don’t respect her ways.” James rolled his eyes. He hadn’t wanted to come to Desdemona, but human-friendly habitable planets were few and far between, especially now that Sol was...