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Just Stardew Things

[halixius]

Meet the Author

Hali • She/They • 30+ • Grey Ace

Halixius @ AO3 #hali writes for my original content

pfp by @skiddows!

Requests: Open

Heya! Enjoy my writing and want a little something tailored to you? I'd love to hear about it. More info under the cut.

Fandoms: Stardew Valley, Don't Eat The Cashier!* Characters: Any vanilla, ask about OCs or modded chars Genre: Any / I adore crack fics POV/Tense: Third person, past or present Length: Likely 2k words or less Will not write: Underage. Sexually explicit content. I reserve the right to deny any request for any reason and I won't debate with you. *I will consider other fandoms and crossovers if they interest me. I do not know anime but I know a wide variety of video games/shows/movies, so it doesn't hurt to ask!

[hullygeee]

Happy birthday, SDV Writer's Guild! Congrats on three whole years of fighting the good fight and being the change you want to see in fandom ❤️🥳

all fics counted for 1k+ Words and Happy Birthday except for the obvious exceptions

keep that breathless charm by Anonymous Haley / reader counted for Spring Birthday

Winter 14, Year 1 by anomalousspace Harvey / reader counted for Birthday Suit and Surprise Party

sugared cranberries by bookie_ninja Sam & Vincent counted for Childhood Memory and Unhappy Birthday

Summer 22 by Diggy Sam / Sebastian counted for Summer Birthday

Say It With Flowers by Udaberri Abigail / Penny counted for Bachelorette and Under 1k

And Sebastian Makes Three by Annetastic Sam / Sebastian | Demetrius & Sebastian | Sam & OC | Sebastian & OC counted for Outside Pelican Town

Love as Red as Pomegranates by Astellus Elliott / player counted for Bachelor

you were the one who raised me by K Callahan (hikaruyuy) Robin & Sebastian counted for Non-Marriageable this fic is also Under 1k

Some Time Alone by i_want_to_be_gone Elliott / Sebastian counted for Winter Birthday

In the Garden of My Heart by HazelnutofFortune Maru / player counted for Homemade Gift this fic is also Under 1k

Eggplant Parmesan by from_calliope Sam / player | Jodi & Sam & Vincent counted for Fall Birthday

[annetastic1981a]

The Stardew Valley Fanfic Writers Guild celebrated its third birthday on June 1st! As part of the festivities, a bingo card was created. Here's what I read to get a blackout bingo:

Spring bday: I Didn't Just Come Here To Dance by @futureamphibian

Birthday suit: Traditions by @caelwynn (you need to squint just a teensy bit!)

Childhood memory: Five Times Sebastian Despised His Birthday And The One Time He Realised He Didn’t by @orangemochafrapp

Summer bday: Summer 17 by plagueherheart

Unhappy bday: I Won't Do It Again by @upbeatrogue

1k+ words: A Birthday to Remember (Sam Stardew Valley) by @mercurymk

Bachelorette: Sebastian's Love Letter by @halixius

Outside Pelican Town: Sugared cranberries by @just-jellyfishing

Surprise party: Befriending Shadows by @greatdistractions

Bachelor: Harvey Fest by @adequateatbest

Under 1k words: Pick-Me-Up by @woundedsoul12

Non-marriageable: the muse I ain't refusin' by @folatefangirl

Winter bday: Pumpkin Pie by @pinkiepixels

Homemade gift: A Year of Wishes by @astellus

Happy bday: For the Better by @hullygeee

Fall bday: and many more by @planetary-nooo

Honourable mention to: Joja Bluu Balls by @frienduccine which fit several categories, but I'd already crossed them off by the time I read it!

[stardewfanficwritersguild]

Event Announcement: Birthday Bash Bingo!

In honor of the Guild's 3rd birthday, we're hosting a bingo! You're invited to celebrate with us by spreading comments to share the love. Anyone in the Stardew fandom is welcome to participate, but if you're interested in seeing what more the guild has to offer just check out our pinned post :)

More event info is listed below the cut. Happy commenting!

How It Works:

Read a Stardew Valley fanfic about any of these birthday-related categories and leave a comment!

You can mark multiple boxes if a fic meets the criteria for more than one

Bachelor, Bachelorette, and Non-Marriageable: the fic should be about the birthday of that character

i.e. Shane's birthday checks off "Bachelor", Caroline's birthday checks off "Non-Marriageable", etc.

Modded NPCs are welcome!

OCs' or Readers' birthdays do not count towards checking these three boxes

Outside Pelican Town: at least part of the fic takes place somewhere else (Zuzu City, Calico Desert, isekai'd to another world, etc.)

Check out the Birthday Bash Fic Roundup to get a head start!

Feel free to share your finished card and fic list with the hashtag #svwg 3rd birthday, and tag or message us to reblog your post!

[tiramiisol]

i love him with all my heart

[leifydoodles]

some lazy and VERY late mermay sambastian so uh happy pride to these two idiots instead ig

[pinkiepixels]

"Time After Time" is complete!

Two years ago I started this fanfiction for Zelink Week, run by @zelinkcommunity . I thought surely I could keep it under 20k... and be done in a few months.... haha 😅

Well, 50k words later, my first Zelink longfic is finally complete!!

Thank you to the community of readers for supporting me on this two year journey. Thank you to my lovely friend and fan of the fic @leifygreeens for making the beautiful art for this cover, and thanks to my editor @writing-for-soup for helping me make this fic better than it ever would've been if I was doing it alone.

I wanted to make a book cover to commemorate the occasion, which I've done before, but this will be my first time actually printing it for real! Not for sale of course, just for my personal collection. But I added in little barcodes and reviews and stuff just for funsies ^o^

If you haven't read it yet, you can read it below!

>>READ ON AO3<<

[stardewfanficwritersguild]

MONTHLY REC LIST: MAY EDITION

It's monthly fic recommendation time again! Here are the latest the guild has to offer. Some are ongoing wips, some completed longfics, and some oneshots. As always be sure to check the tags on AO3, reader discretion is advised! If you check out any of the works listed here please be sure to leave a kudos and a comment to show your support 🫶 Fics listed with the 🔒 will need an AO3 account to read.

Best Kept Secret by @burekforsatoru | T | Alex/Penny (1/1)

City Crossed by @sunwornink | E | Sebastian/F Player (18/?)

The Valley by @half-unread | E | Shane/F Player (30/30)

How to Fake Marry Your Ex-Husband by @annetastic1981a | E | Sam/Sebastian (18/18)

sugared cranberries by @just-jellyfishing | M | Gen (Sam & Vincent & Jodi) (1/1)

Heal My Broken Heart by @spooky-tia | E | Harvey/F Player (69/?)

Letters From The Valley by @mercurymk | E | Sam/F Player (2/45)

Again Tomorrow by @lobeliasb | M | Multi (25/?)

Chasing Amethyst by @futureamphibian | E | Abigail/Haley (3/?)

Come What May by @eemamminy-art | T | Alex/M Player (6/6)

Praise You by @kellycataclysm | E | Harvey/F Player (1/1)

My Tower, My Tomb by @halixius | T | Rasmodius/Multi (1/1)

In The Static Of Heartbeats by @princessdystopia | M | Sebastian/F Player (7/?)

Sunnyside by @f0xofspades | E | Shane/F Player (35/?)

Dim Every Single Spark by imperfectkreis | E | Shane/M Player (9/9)

Reckless Games and Bad Decisions by @aziminohi1992 | M | Sterling/F Player (1/1)

When You Wish Upon a Witch by @sophieknight | T | Maru & Sebastian (2/?)

Readjusting by @greatdistractions | M | Abigail/Maru (1/1)

Roll the body over by @otokowrecker | M | Alex/Elliott (1/1)

[greatdistractions]

for pride month, I'm pushing myself to do a little self-promo

a few years ago, I wrote a sapphic fantasy novella! it's now available for free

A forest holds a living shadow, a sketchbook holds premonitions, and a dormitory that should hold three students only holds two. It shouldn't be up to Clementine and Mona to find a roommate they've never met, but no one else is looking for her. The path to her is dangerous, hidden, and anything but straight.

[stardewfanficwritersguild]

🥳Birthday Bash is here!🥳

On this day in 2023, the little server that would come to be known as the Stardew Valley Fanfiction Writers' Guild was created. Over the years, it has blossomed into the wild and wonderful place we call home today. Though we've had our share of growing pains, it has been such an incredible journey and we are grateful to all of you who have come along for the ride with us.

🎉THANK YOU🎉 to each and every one of the mods, junimos, writers, readers, and artists for keeping this community alive! This year we are commemorating this day by writing fics dedicated to our favorite NPC's birthdays. Here are the fics our members have whipped up in time for this event. Be sure to check the tags on AO3, reader discretion is advised! If you read any of the works listed here please be sure to leave a kudos and a comment to show your support 🫶

Sebastian: Pumpkin Pie by @pinkiepixels | T | Sebastian/GN Player | 520 Words

Sam: A Birthday to Remember (Sam Stardew Valley) by @mercurymk | E | Sam/F Player | 13k Words

Vincent: sugared cranberries by @just-jellyfishing | M | Jodi & Sam & Vincent | 4.8k Words

Sebastian: Signed, Sealed, Delivered by @annetastic1981a | M | Sebastian/M Player | 532 Words

Sebastian: And Sebastian Makes Three by @annetastic1981a | M | Sebastian & OC Stepdaughter | 3.3k Words

Krobus: Befriending Shadows @greatdistractions | G | Gen | 600 Words

Shane: Pick-Me-Up by @woundedsoul12 | G | Shane/F Player | 874 Words

Haley: I Didn't Just Come Here To Dance by @futureamphibian | E | Abigail/Haley | 3k Words

Multiple: For the Better by @hullygeee | T | Multi | 1.9k Words

Abigail: and many more by @planetary-nooo | G | Abigail/F Player | 2.5k Words

Harvey: Harvey Fest by @adequateatbest | E | Harvey/F Player | 3.5k Words

[celestialhazy]

elliott from stardew valley !!  🪶📚🌱⋆⭒˚.⋆

[soleildrop]

ALSO! I was scrolling through my images and forgot about this Seb I drew a while back (2 years ago?) But I never got to post it! So here you go!

[eemamminy-art]

It's june first for me so I'm posting this ✪ ω ✪

happy pride...! 🌈💗✨🌼🏈✨

[angie-art-0404]

STARDEW VALLEY!🌾✨

Sooo… I’ve been obsessed with playing Stardew lately and I just had to draw my boy Sebastian. I saw him taking his little break in the rain during the fall season and I had to draw him. Hope I did him justice 🖤✨🫡

[stardewfanficwritersguild]

Meet Our Writers

This week's spotlighted guild member is Ginger!

AO3: orangemochafrapp

Tumblr: @orangemochafrapp

Age: Adult

Pronouns: She/Her

Guild Member since: Oct 2024

Fun Fact about yourself? I once baked cookies that slapped so hard I have to now bake desserts/cakes for every single family function. It's a delicious but tiresome burden.

How long have you been writing fanfiction? Just ticked over 3 years of publishing works but I've been writing things since I was a wee teenager for myself (definitely never wrote Dan/Phil stuff, nope…)

Favourite SDV character to write? Sebastian, my beloved! He feels so nuanced and I love exploring that with him.

Favourite tropes/genre to write? Enemies to lovers is my absolute favourite! I'm also a sucker for a bit of hurt/comfort, slow burn and mutual pining.

Your most popular SDV fanfic? The Love You Want. It was my first published SDV fic about my OC, Rosie, and I am baffled it got so much attention and is still going strong. It actually created a lot of discourse during the publishing phase with readers deep diving into Sebastian and Rosie's relationship breakdown and why it happened/how they could overcome it.

Your SDV underdog fic you wish more people would give a chance? Here For You. It's a Dad!Seb fic where he finds out he has a five-year-old daughter unexpectedly and assumes custody of her. It's sweet, sad, dark and one of my favourites I've ever written.

Hear me out: A Sebastian & Demetrius redemption arc is a must! I think there's just a lot of miscommunication and misunderstanding in their dynamic. Sebastian is an angsty "you're not my real dad!" teenager and Demetrius is content to let him do his own thing without crossing Seb's boundaries because he's got his own work and daughter to deal with. I simply adore reading about them healing and having a somewhat functional relationship!

Lastly, any other fandoms you write for? Not currently! I did used to write for another fandom and cannot bring myself to delete the fics because one has over 300k reads despite it's mediocrity as one of my first delves into writing. But once I find something to hyper-fixate on, nothing else can share the brain capacity.

We are very lucky to have someone as talented as Ginger as one of our number. If you check out her fics, please be sure to kudos and comment to show your support for small artists and writers.

If you write Stardew Valley fanfiction and would like to join our guild, please message this blog for an invite!

Credit to @pinkiepixels & @saradika-graphics for the banners

Please see AO3 for additional tags. Reader discretion is advised as always.

[annetastic1981a]

Little Talks

I don't have a new fic to share today because I've been really struggling with my mental health the last few days, but I did post a small Sambastian story earlier this week. If you haven't read it yet, and would like to, you can find Little Talks on ao3 by clicking the link or banner below! Otherwise, I'll see you for Sambastian Week starting next (Sambastian) Sunday!

Little Talks - Annetastic - Stardew Valley (Video Game) [Archive of Our Own]

Summary: Sam has a lot to say before bed. Sebastian always loves hearing him talk.

Excerpt: "Seb would you still love me if I were a worm?"

"Of course, Sammy."

"But what if I were a really long worm, like those kind that come out after a rainstorm?"

Banner made on Canva.

[caelwynn]

Events

Hey! Do you enjoy Stardew Valley?

What about fan creations? Great!

June has at least four events going on that I'm aware of. Since the month starts tomorrow, I thought I'd toss up a friendly reminder!

Links to the Ao3 collections:

SDV Writers Guild's 3rd Birthday Bash

Sambastian Week 2026

SDV Spa Weekend 2026

30 Days of June 2026

So many good things to look forward to!