Jim Stitzel

Jack-of-All-Trades, Master of Words

Excerpts from Life

Boris Ploszkiewicz vs Jim Stitzel

This one was a much better game for me, despite the king-rook split I allowed him to have in the middle. ###pgn### [Event "Online Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2008.08.17"] [Round "1"] [White "Boris Ploszkiewicz"] [Black "Jim Stitzel"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo...

Christopher Bauer vs Jim Stitzel

An example of a game where I simply made one bad decision after another. ###pgn### [Event "Online Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2008.08.18"] [Round "1"] [White "Christopher Bauer"] [Black "Jim Stitzel"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1534"] [BlackElo "1284"]...

Fiction

Grimnebulin

I shamelessly stole the name of the monster in this story from China Mieville's main character in Perdido Street Station. Sorry about that, China -- and thanks. 'Grimnebulin' is just a really kick-ass word. ------------------ Greg set his tray on the table and took a...

So Long, Jack

It was a small memorial, only two to witness the laying of the casket into the ground. “So long, Jack. We hardly knew you,” one said. The other quirked up an eyebrow. “That’s it?” he asked. There was a note of amused incredulity in his voice. “What’d you expect?” A...

Flight

He soared. He had always wanted to fly, and now he was doing just that. He had no feathers, no wings, but he was flying just the same. The special magic that fathers possessed had made this possible. He laughed with the euphoria of the moment. The wind blew his hair...