by Jim Stitzel | Feb 14, 2011 | Stories
We slipped our bonds and escaped across the dunes. The distant sound of crashing waves drew us westward. We ran for everything we were worth, fear and desperation driving us on. We never saw our captors. We never knew where — or what — they were. What we knew during...
by Jim Stitzel | Sep 10, 2010 | Stories
“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...
by Jim Stitzel | Sep 3, 2010 | Stories
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...
by Jim Stitzel | Aug 30, 2010 | Asides
NASA’s dizzying concept art imagines ribbons of farmland in space. I’d live in one of these habitats.
by Jim Stitzel | Jul 15, 2010 | General
The LXD. The League of Extraordinary Dancers. At first glance it sounds like it might be pretty corny, right? Wrong. This is an amazing and ambitious new webseries that puts a wholly new spin on the superhero genre where the power of dance can be used for great good,...
