Stephanie Hoogstad
Bio
With a BA in English and MSc in Creative Writing, writing is my life. I have edited and ghost written for years with some published stories and poems of my own.
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Stories (153/0)
Don't be Afraid to Write Rubbish
My mom got me the best holiday gift possible: a Cameo video from Mark Sheppard, the genius actor behind Supernatural’s Crowley. It’s easy to say that this gift did not just make my day or my week; it made my year. (For those who don’t know, I am a big Supernatural fan, especially Crowley.) Yet it’s not just the fact that it was Mark Sheppard who appeared in the video that made it so special. It was the message that he left for me that really lifted me out of the doldrums.
By Stephanie Hoogstad5 months ago in Writers
- Top Story - December 2023
Winter Horror Story
‘Tis the season to go through old things, isn’t it? It’s a rather nostalgic time of year, and for me, that means rifling through my older pieces of writing. Sometimes, it can lead me down a bad road and cause me to doubt my writing even more than I already do. Other times, it brings a smile to my face and makes me want to share what I’ve rediscovered with others. Fortunately, I’ve recently stumbled across the latter.
By Stephanie Hoogstad5 months ago in Writers
- Top Story - December 2023
The Ocean of MoralityTop Story - December 2023
I am lost, drowning In a sea of gray morals Help! I cannot breathe I don’t know what I am doing. I haven’t known what I’ve been doing for quite some time. It seems that since 2016, at least, I have been swimming in an ocean of uncertainty. Up is down, the sky isn’t quite so blue, and right and wrong are nothing but mazes of gray shadows that no one can navigate properly. I don’t know who I am, I barely know what I stand for, and I feel like nothing more than a broken puzzle of likes, interests, and disdains that don’t necessarily fit together well.
By Stephanie Hoogstad5 months ago in Humans
- Runner-Up in the Neolomicro Challenge
SociolassusRunner-Up in the Neolomicro Challenge
Freedom. She almost had it. She waved to the last of the partygoers as they departed. The disappearing headlights served as twin lighthouses in the night, assuring her that the farther they got, the farther she was from the rocky shore of social obligations.
By Stephanie Hoogstad6 months ago in Fiction
- Runner-Up in the Snafu Senryu Challenge