by Jim Stitzel | Mar 2, 2010 | Stories
The Lonely Moon gazes down on me, The pale, immortal Son of Night. It wakens the Eternal Sleeper, Who calls to me, and I answer. She walked, barefoot, across a carpet of moss. Her song – soft, haunting – danced on a breath of air, spun through the wood....
by Jim Stitzel | Mar 2, 2010 | Stories
“Choose the lamp on the left, see visions of the future. Choose the one on the right, taste of true madness for a spell.” The crone’s words burned in the girl’s mind like festering sores. She held her hands over the lamps but felt no heat from...
by Jim Stitzel | Oct 17, 2007 | Writing
After a six-month hiatus, “Flashes of Speculation”:http://fs.shamuswrites.com is once more open for business. With the site’s re-launch comes an upgrade to WordPress 2.3 and a new, magazine-style theme, courtesy of “The Design...
by Jim Stitzel | Aug 24, 2007 | General
Brandon Sanderson has read the final Harry Potter installment. He had, in part, this to say about it: bq. Initial thoughts: I liked it, as I’ve liked all of the other HP books. However, it lacked the charm of the books that occurred inside of Hogwarts. (Source:...
by Jim Stitzel | Aug 13, 2007 | Asides
Quote of the Day: “…and a hootenanny – a whole lot of hoot, and just a _little_ bit of nanny.”
