Stephen A. Roddewig

Joined June 2021

155 stories

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Author of A Bloody Business and the Dick Winchester series. Proud member of the Horror Writers Association 🐦‍⬛

Also a reprint mercenary. And humorist. And road warrior. And Felix Salten devotee.

And a narcissist:

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Winchester Delivery Services Training Video. Runner-Up in Instructions Included Challenge.
*music swells as the video fades to a title graphic with the Winchester Delivery Services logo as the background* Section 3: How You Deliver, Is How We Deliver
By Stephen A. Roddewig3 months ago in Fiction
A Year Well-Written: Vocal
If you think this will be a long list of brags, fear not. I will also acknowledge misses, challenge losses, and more. Celebrating defeat may sound counterintuitive, but it both keeps this reflection grounded and pays homage to one core fact: to fall short means that you leaped. And leaping, in real life and in writing, takes courage.
By Stephen A. Roddewig4 months ago in Writers
These Tired Sides. Top Story - January 2024.
Wreathed in darkness, I stand, holding back the destruction crawling within. I should be clear: this is not a metaphor. My sole purpose in this world is to hold what the creators choose. It could have been anything: oil, paint, chemicals.
By Stephen A. Roddewig5 months ago in Fiction
A Second Hibiscus. Runner-Up in Roots and Branches Challenge. Top Story - October 2025.
Outside, the air had taken on a decided chill and the red-orange petals remained clustered against this unnatural pall. For the tree had not grown in these parts
By Stephen A. Roddewig5 months ago in Poets
The Mask and the Beast
The mask is cold. It stifles, it smothers. But the world is cruel. It shields me from the others. . The mask is cold.
By Stephen A. Roddewig6 months ago in Poets
Rebirth. Honorable Mention in Through the Keyhole Challenge. Content Warning.
Yuri couldn’t quite be sure what had brought him here. Then again, why should he need a reason to walk down this hallway?
By Stephen A. Roddewig6 months ago in Fiction
Dick Winchester in... The Box with No Name. Top Story - October 2025.
(Re-released because "an unexpected sound... at the door" is the most fitting prompt I could ever have seen for this one—besides the original challenge that prompted it, of course.
By Stephen A. Roddewig6 months ago in Fiction
If Only You Were Real. Runner-Up in Letters to the Moon Challenge.
From the days long before when man first took in your contours, white face pocked and gnarled unlike your blinding, homogenous counterpart,
By Stephen A. Roddewig6 months ago in Poets
Casemate 7C
It had been years since anyone walked this hallway. As Alexsei approached the metal door, he wondered had been the last to stand here in the before times.
By Stephen A. Roddewig7 months ago in Fiction
Hunt. Winner in Poetry of the Hunt Challenge. Top Story - September 2025.
Across a salt-stained strip of sand, a wolf noses his way through the driftwood. What he seeks, he knows not, but his jowls water for a prey
By Stephen A. Roddewig7 months ago in Poets
The Pied Sniper
Those fools in the town below thought I would help them and they could simply stiff me on the bill. Oh, I’ll show them. I’ll show them, indeed.
By Stephen A. Roddewig7 months ago in Fiction
My First Day – Part 3 (The Finale)
Unlike other multi-parters I’ve done on the platform, this one is not meant to be self-contained, so I highly recommend you start at the beginning if you’re new to Jason Nightingale.
By Stephen A. Roddewig8 months ago in Humor