Hey L.J. - Lovely to meet you. You sound like you have the typical backstory of a soon to be non-stop writer. Many of us started with that same love and drive for writing in the beginning, before real life interrupted everything. Don't you dare be stingy and not share AT LEAST one of those little stories with us. You know Medium has publications and an audience for short fiction also. And don't forget to checkout Illumination Book Chapters too. Finally, be sure to look into the new Kindle Vella where they let you post chapter at a time from a novel series - new or existing stuff. It's an Amazon service and it's free. I can only imagine what kind of stories you were coming up with so young :-)