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 9 years ago.
Fog
"Ain't natural, Karl."
"'Course not."
"Fog's 'sposed to burn up in sunlight, not pile up against t…
Published 9 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 9 years ago.
Consecration
He pulls the knife across his own skin, lightly parting the flesh above his navel. Blood wells up bu…
Published 9 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 9 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 9 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 10 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 10 years ago.
Second Post!
The first was wooden and splintery. Brittle. Damn thing would fall over at the slightest gust of win…
Published 10 years ago.