by Jim Stitzel | Jul 5, 2018 | Stories
An adolescent boy, nude but for a spotlessly white loincloth. Great feathered wings sprout from his shoulder blades, so perfectly clean and glorious that anyone who saw them would be instantly blinded. But of course there are none who can. He stands in the middle of...
by Jim Stitzel | Jun 22, 2018 | Stories
Klaxons. Klaxons everywhere. Truly this was it. It was the dead of night, of course. They never attacked during the day. That was too obvious, and we’d see them coming a mile away — on a cloudless day. (And even on overcast days, they always mysteriously...
by Jim Stitzel | May 1, 2018 | Stories
This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series World Tube“Telemetry from the probe has been parsed and analyzed, Captain,” Lady responds. The ship’s voice is a soothing alto, designed to accommodate for the crew as they recover. “The data has already...
by Jim Stitzel | Apr 30, 2018 | Stories
This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series World TubeThe Classy Lady parks itself in a synchronous orbit above the asteroid Berger-Behregen before waking and decanting the crew. The ship locates and contacts the telemetry beacon planted in the surface of the rock while...
by Jim Stitzel | Mar 15, 2018 | Stories
This entry is part 12 of 14 in the series The DarkWe moved lightly through the corridor, which eventually opened up in a larger space, pocked with deep pools of the evil liquid. We paused, scanning the room, then looked to each other. Without a word, we clasped hands....
