Stephen A. Roddewig

Joined June 2021

153 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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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. Roddewig4 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. Roddewig4 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. Roddewig4 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. Roddewig5 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. Roddewig5 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. Roddewig5 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. Roddewig5 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. Roddewig5 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. Roddewig6 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. Roddewig7 months ago in Humor
A Quick Victory Lap: “SEALAB IV” on The NoSleep Podcast
TLDR: I wrote an entry for a Vocal challenge that flopped. But I knew it was good, so rather than let that initial failure condemn the story to eternity, I said “fuck that” and start publishing it as a reprint. Then one of the largest horror podcasts in the world said, “We’ll take it.”
By Stephen A. Roddewig7 months ago in Writers
My First Day – Part 2. Top Story - July 2025.
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