Words and Music by Sasha V

© Sasha V. All rights reserved.

About Sasha V

a.k.a. Alexa Vallejo
Queer writer and musician.
Born in 1982 to immigrant parents.
Lives in West Philadelphia.
Contact: alexyvee at gmail
Support me on Patreon, or Venmo me @alexyvee.

Selected writing

Literary WritingRuminations, To the Dog Who Bit Me Outside the Adam’s Morgan CVS
Poems about early literary failure and quitting drinking.
Published in Black Fox Literary Review in 2024
But Wasn’t it Nice, Still Hungry, and I’m Afraid I Can’t Do That
Poems about Rocky Horror, DIY touring, and teenage friendship.
Published by swamp pink in 2023
Triangles
Personal essay about relationship realignments, photography, and what art and memes can teach us about intimacy.
Published in the Philadelphia Museum of Art's PMA Stories in 2021
Before I Met You
Personal essay about transitioning.
Published in TriQuarterly in 2019
Nominated for a Pushcart Prize
Like an Asshole
Personal essay about drunken antics at a DIY basement show.
Published in Synesthesia Magazine in 2017
The New Year
Personal essay about the dissolution of a middling punk band.
Published in The Rumpus in 2014.
Islands
Short story about a substitute teacher searching for connection to his family in the Philippines.
Published in Guernica in 2012
Nominated for a Best of the Net award.
Audio DramaPlanet Radiant
Apocalyptic fiction podcast about a museum at the end of the world.
2020-2022
BlogsGame Facts
Reflections on millennial middle age through the lens of video games.
2022-present
Movie Findings
Personal reflections disguised as movie reviews.
2017-2019

Selected Music

Morgue Arcana
Dance floor goth
Philadelphia, PA
2017-present
Bandcamp
SashaV
Goth/darkwave/ethereal
Philadelphia, PA
2019-present
Bandcamp
Pandemic Les Miserables covers on YouTube
Original soundtrack for the Planet Radiant podcast.
George Korein and the Spleen
Experimental
Philadelphia, PA
2001-present
Bandcamp
Inspector Moon
Fast hardcore
Philadelphia, PA
2016-2017
Bandcamp
In Heaven and You
Dark folk
Washington, DC
2005-2010
Bandcamp
Alison Ranger
Screamo/post-punk
West Chester, PA
2002-2003
Spotify
Freelance musical theater/cabaret work
Philadelphia, PA and Washington, DC metro areas.
2013-present