Some of My Best Stuff

May I Interest You in a Story?

By Sasha DesideriPublished about a month ago • Updated about a month ago • 3 min read

I got the idea from Matthew J. Fromm, who has a whole library of amazing stories! A "Library of La Crème de la Crème" worth spending a few days perusing, and I highly recommend checking it out.

But only after you're done with my stuff.

Check out my stuff first, please.

Things that got officially rewarded (in chronological order):

Things that got unofficially rewarded:

This one inspired a fellow writer's poem, which is one of the highest honors I've ever received! (Check out Melissa Ingoldsby's "Rotten"!)

The Summer I Lost My Confidence - Three Cents At A Time

Rape, Metaphor, and Prophecy in "Leda and the Swan" - For Harper Lewis's "Explicate!" Rogue Challenge

Paul Stewart's Ledger - An Impossible Geometry of Meaning - For Paul Stewart's Truly Paul-centric and Equally Paul-rewarding, "Paul's Explicate My Poem" an Unofficial Challenge by Paul Stewart

Find Me Where I Used to Live - For Gabriel Huizenga's "Should I Depart Early" Unofficial Poetry Challenge

Things that got tipped for some reason or another

Musings of April - A Senryu

My First Month On Vocal - A Short Review And Celebration

By Aphrodite's Fire - For L.C. Schäfer's "Dollar Challenge - Quote Me Baby (Royal Edition)"

Redacted - For L.C. Schäfer's Dollar Challenge - Quote Me Baby (Spring Edition)

Eat Dirt - A Tip and Short Homage to Kera Hollow's "Grandfather's Burial" for L.C. Schäfer's "Dollar Challenge - Quote Me Baby (Vocal Legends Edition)". Chosen Quote: "What does dirt taste like?"

Raise a Prosecco Glass to America! - A Last Minute Entry For Lana V Lynx's "Raise a Glass to America" Unofficial Challenge

Some of the things that got Top Story (Coming Soon: click here for the full list)

The Walk - One Loop Away from Hiding

I Am SO Sorry For Scratching Your Bumper! - But It Wasn't Even Really My Fault...

It Used To Be Us - The Silent Aftermath

Eat Dirt - A Tip and Short Homage to Kera Hollow's "Grandfather's Burial" for L.C. Schäfer's "Dollar Challenge - Quote Me Baby (Vocal Legends Edition)". Chosen Quote: "What does dirt taste like?"

The Velvet Siren - At the End of the Maze

A Series of Unfortunate Decisions - Too Hot For This Shit

Futuristic Healthcare - When One Woman's Reality Is Another Woman's Utopia

Things that got no special recognition but that I think came out pretty good, or that I care about for one reason or another, and I'd feel happy if you read them and maybe even left a comment; there I said it.

Microfiction

Gone Fishing - For Paul and John's 47-Words Short Story Unofficial Challenge.

Hyperfocus - For Mikeydred's "The Up Escalator Unofficial Challenge"

Non (Entirely) Fiction

Can Love Be Too Much? - Can It Smother, Wither, And Rot?

Goodbye Sasha: The End of an Era - The Dutch Post — 17 November 2138

One Work: Happiness in Purple - "My Kid Could Do That"

How to Survive a Heatwave without AC - According to Science

Poems

The Owl Who Couldn't Hoot - For Sara Wilson's Doodles and Ditties Unofficial Challenge

Who Are You, My Darling? - I Reckon From Somewhere

Summery Night - A Poem