Stephen A. Roddewig
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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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One Unchecked Box. Top Story - October 2024.
"Republished" because it was the only way to add the embed for the newly recorded audio version of this story due to the Top Story badge. Plus it serves as a nice, informal announcement of the podcast's revival for another season (go subscribe!):
By Stephen A. Roddewig4 months ago in Fiction
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. Roddewig6 months ago in Writers
The Stars Aren't Alright: The Peak of the Elusive Horror-Comedy Genre in Audio Form. Top Story - June 2025.
One day, I recall seeing in the Anthologies Seeking Submissions group on Facebook a quite striking open submission opportunity. The magazine was asking for horror-comedy.
By Stephen A. Roddewig7 months ago in Beat
When Lightning Struck Twice: Eastern Air Lines Flight 301 and 304. Top Story - June 2025.
Two Wild Rides (Disclaimer: All dialog in the following is embellishment of the author. In the early Jet Age, cockpit voice recorders were not yet required on commercial aircraft. I have done my best to provide accurate portrayals based on standard procedures.)
By Stephen A. Roddewig7 months ago in History
A Revelation Realized
Back before Vocal, I wrote short stories and sold them to publications. Then, along comes a Facebook ad promoting a contest with a payout 250 times greater than the most money I’d ever been paid for a short story up to that point (and even now), and Vocal began to reshape how I saw the writing world.
By Stephen A. Roddewig9 months ago in Writers
The Counterattack: The Sequel that Vocal Inspired
Dick Winchester is back and reloaded. Yes, Book 1 The Opening Salvo introduced the hyperbolized setting of Arlington, Virginia and the neo-noir archetype who is battling for dominance over the food delivery business in a modern take on 1930s gangland Chicago.
By Stephen A. Roddewig10 months ago in Writers
Picking the Right Moment to Start. Honorable Mention in Self-Editing Epiphany Challenge. Top Story - March 2025.
You’ve likely heard some of this conventional writing advice before: Start “in media res” A reader can tolerate proportionally as much exposition as the plot has achieved momentum – Stephen King (I think) Begin in the moment and feed the reader details as the plot progresses
By Stephen A. Roddewig10 months ago in Critique
