Stephanie Hoogstad
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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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Five Simple Words. Top Story - November 2024.
Dear Ms. Powers, You are a true storyteller. Five simple words. These were five simple words that you wrote, perhaps in passing, on the top of an assignment that you handed back to me over nineteen years ago. You have written so many like them since we last saw each other. You probably don’t even remember writing them. But all these years later, I remember reading them. I will never forget them.
By Stephanie Hoogstadabout a year ago in Humans
The King’s Fury
The river ran backwards on the day the Queen vanished. The sky turned crimson, and the livestock dropped dead. The earth shook as the King’s fury grew, creating fissures throughout the nation. Every citizen, poor and rich, feared it was their Judgment Day.
By Stephanie Hoogstadabout a year ago in Fiction
Escape. Content Warning.
There was only one rule: don’t open the door. And so I scratched at it until my nails broke and my fingers bled. When the doctors put me in a straight jacket, I banged my head against the door again and again, despite their protests.
By Stephanie Hoogstadabout a year ago in Horror
Why I Quit My Romance Ghostwriting Gig
Back in May, I gave up what should be every writer’s dream: the chance to write for a living. Instead, I chose to become a contract editor of audits at a med legal company. What could have possibly motivated me to make such a decision, to change course so drastically in my career? Certainly, money was a big factor. But it was about more than just the money.
By Stephanie Hoogstadabout a year ago in Writers
