Jim Stitzel

Jack-of-All-Trades, Master of Words

Excerpts from Life

Jim Stitzel vs. Ercan Bakirci

This has been a rough week for chess. I have not been playing well at all. The game below only ended in stalemate by a stroke of luck, since I was getting torn apart and checkmate was just a matter of time. ###pgn### [Event "Online Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date...

Jim Stitzel vs. Greg M.

A rematch against "Greg M.":http://shamuswrites.com/2008/07/31/greg-m-vs-jim-stitzel/, with different results. ###pgn### [Event "Online Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2008.07.31"] [Round "1"] [White "Jim Stitzel"] [Black "Greg M."] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1420"]...

Fiction

The Midnight Road

Drive faster! Rain lashed, wipers slashed, Cort plowed through the pouring rain, the demons of his past - both real and imagined - pursued him close behind. Wind whistled, debris whirled into the road ahead of him, utility poles fell behind him. That's how he knew...

Veni, Vedi

“What do you think’s in there, Rob?” “No idea, Finn. Juice, most likely.” “Juice?” “Sure, you know, electricity. Stuff’ll juice you, sure as I’m standing here, if you touch it. Knock you flat, leave your hair all sparkly and curled and smelling like something that...

Eye of Newt

The black cauldron sat in the middle of the room and hissed menacingly as the green sludge within burbled and glurped.  The stench emanating from the vile brew was overwhelming, nauseating in its potency, but the witch standing over it seemed not to notice. “Leg of...