Wood Shed Writers

The Wood Shed Writers are a collective of writers from many professions and generations, united by a shared passion for creative expression. Based in the Greater Pittsburgh Area, they’ve gathered weekly for years to share their work, offer feedback, and build a space rooted in trust, craft, and laughter.

What began as a private circle of storytelling has grown into something more: a long-held dream to bring their voices to the public. Thus, The Wood Shed Writers publication was born.

Wood Shed Writers, Greater Pittsburgh Area | est. 2024

  • Meat Masks

    Written By

    Meghan Snatchko

    Every time I carve 5oz of tender chicken breast from a warm Giant Eagle or Walmart Rotisserie Chicken, I think about Vada Sultenfuss, the young… more ›

  • Danny

    Written By

    Blair

    In a hospital for contagious diseases, Camden, New Jersey, 1948-49 And other places at around that time Danny could not remember actually going to the… more ›

  • Getting Right

    Written By

    J.Sydney Brown

    In my neighbors house fiction began, When I pulled up to tour a house for sale… My certified pre-approval should have been all that mattered.… more ›

  • Sharks Might Live on My Block

    Written By

    Meghan Snatchko

    OR Familial Fish Lore I am concerned with OR Deep Bathtub Water Thoughts I am aware that the majority of things that I write begin… more ›

  • Charcoal Pink

    Written By

    Jeremy C.

    When I was a kid, I saw a migration of worms across a two-lane blacktop in the Texas desert. Hundreds of huge pink worms who,… more ›

  • The oak tree in my yard turned the brightest shade of yellow this year

    Written By

    Jeremy C.

    the maple in my yard turned the brightest shade of yellow this year   I live in a house at the top of a hill … more ›

  • THE SPILLWAY Pt. 2

    Written By

    Blair

    Part Two (Part One Linked Here.) Jimmy went on. He told me about lining up for beatings administered by their grandfather – for disobedience, for… more ›

  • THE SPILLWAY

    Written By

    Blair

    Part One My scout, a local investigator who had gone ahead of me into the breech, warned me that I must never stop for any… more ›

  • Tricke or Treate Royale

    Written By

    john a

    “That must be them. Four of them, yes, but now they’re just sitting in their car.” Quint  whispered out the corner of his mouth, fixated… more ›

  • LASTING

    Written By

    Blair

    Rose of Sharon budsWindblown and scatteredAt the peak of their beauty,Delicate veined andDying.As children we oftenCaught bees inside themPinched open flowersClosed with pollenLaden bees their… more ›