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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Entourage
Carlotta walks with her escort through the corridors of the capitol building toward the platform whe…
Published 5 years ago.
The Prank
"I don't want to do this, just for the record," Janos says. His voice is whiny but not without cause…
Published 5 years ago.
Pathways in the Dark
The room, if you can call it that, for it was enormous, easily the largest single chamber I'd seen…
Published 6 years ago.
Chase in the Dark
I ran through the tunnels, following the sounds of your laughter as they bounced off the walls aroun…
Published 6 years ago.
Beautiful Triumph
An adolescent boy, nude but for a spotlessly white loincloth. Great feathered wings sprout from his …
Published 6 years ago.
Air Invasion
Klaxons. Klaxons everywhere. Truly this was it.
It was the dead of night, of course. They never att…
Published 6 years ago.
Memorial Post
"And on that day, I will be here to turn you back. This truce will stand, this war is over, whet…
Published 6 years ago.
Message Post
"This is truce by ultimatum," the god sneered.
"It is," I agreed. "But it is a truce, nonetheless. …
Published 6 years ago.
Post of Ultimatum
The god was silent for a time. Irritation appeared across its countenance, but it knew now it had no…
Published 6 years ago.
The Broken Post
"You are not a man at all, are you?" I heard the god ask behind me. "Nor a god. You are both less --…
Published 6 years ago.
Bronze Post
The god finally found its voice, and not to my surprise, there was a quaver to it. "What are you?"…
Published 6 years ago.
Carving Post
I said nothing to the god, merely turned my back to it and stepped to the golden post from which the…
Published 6 years ago.
Post-War, Pre-Truce
"The bargain is this," I began. "A truce. An end to this petty war that began with my ancestors, tha…
Published 6 years ago.
Classy Lady: The Business at Hand
"Telemetry from the probe has been parsed and analyzed, Captain," Lady responds. The ship's voice …
Published 7 years ago.
Classy Lady
The Classy Lady parks itself in a synchronous orbit above the asteroid Berger-Behregen before waki…
Published 7 years ago.
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