Jim Stitzel

Jack-of-All-Trades, Master of Words

Excerpts from Life

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"]...

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Fiction

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...

Delivery

Fog drifted, wet and heavy, over the short mall between the Wetherill Laboratory of Chemistry and Stanley Coulter Hall. Six tall lampposts bathed everything in an eerie, orange glow. The hour was late, and the campus was deserted — deserted but for one. She stood at...