Jim Stitzel
Joined Ficlatté in September 2014
144 stories, 6 challenges, 3 prompts, 414 comments, and 55 friends
Coffee beans earned: 5
I dabble a little in a lot of things — writing, webcomics, gaming, photography, web design, music, and more. I write code full-time and words in the gaps in between.
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Death, Unstay Thy Hand
I have taken my own life more times than I can count. I have slashed open my wrists, bleeding out in…
Published 7 years ago.
Fog
"Ain't natural, Karl."
"'Course not."
"Fog's 'sposed to burn up in sunlight, not pile up against t…
Published 7 years ago.
Weight of the Kraken
Chaz raises the weapon he holds in his left hand. He can feel the Weight of it dragging his arm back…
Published 7 years ago.
Consecration
He pulls the knife across his own skin, lightly parting the flesh above his navel. Blood wells up bu…
Published 7 years ago.
Fifth Post!
We had no neighbors. That was by design. Dad didn't like people. I didn't much care for them myself.…
Published 8 years ago.
Fourth Post!
Doom fell from the sky that next day. At least, that's where we assumed it came from. There were m…
Published 8 years ago.
Confession
She is tied to a rack. The ropes at her wrists and ankles dig cruelly into her skin. Her fingers and…
Published 8 years ago.
Third Post!
The third post, well... the third post didn't actually exist. Not in any way that mattered. It was a…
Published 8 years ago.
Second Post!
The first was wooden and splintery. Brittle. Damn thing would fall over at the slightest gust of win…
Published 8 years ago.