Short Story: Below
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com It had been ever so many years since Adelaide had seen the sky but that was to be expected. Children of...
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Self-Shame & Electric/Eccentric!
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C.M. Selbrede
Feb 21, 20198 min read
Short Story: Lament
Photo by suzukii xingfu on Pexels.com It was a light, trilling melody, reminiscent of a carol, but not a happy one—more like those sad...
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C.M. Selbrede
Jan 24, 20192 min read
Short Story: Look & Listen
The following was written as a quick exercise in my Modern Short Stories class. “You’re right,” Jack said, breathless, as Ryan’s...
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C.M. Selbrede
Sep 17, 20182 min read
Poem: Amsterdam
The following is an insanely bizarre, free form poem written in August of 2017. Image copyright Rose and Bean There once was a very sad...
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C.M. Selbrede
Feb 23, 20187 min read
Short Story: The Midnight Gang Rides Again
Tonight, the sky was so black that the few stars not stifled by the city’s crashing chaos burned brightly in the air. Colin hadn’t seen a...
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C.M. Selbrede
Feb 9, 20183 min read
Short Story: The Appalling Annihilation of Articles
Once upon a time, in the mystical land of Grammaria, there was a huge city filled with all sorts of words who lived in nine beautiful...
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C.M. Selbrede
Jan 26, 20181 min read
Short Story: Okay
“It’s okay,” said the rose to the boy. “I know you didn’t mean to.” Billy did not think what he had done was okay. Not even a little bit....
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C.M. Selbrede
Jan 12, 20185 min read
Short Story: Bargain
Created with a structure based on another fictional work in Advanced Comp class. Content-wise this story is mine, but the sensory...
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C.M. Selbrede
Dec 15, 20176 min read
Short Story: Humanity
Another day, another failure. I sighed as I left the interview, knowing that I had blown it. None of my jokes were ee remotely funny, and...
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C.M. Selbrede
Dec 1, 20177 min read
Short Story: Nemesis
When I said “I do,” the first time it was already apparent that my marriage would not last. There was a look of sad uncertainty in her...
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C.M. Selbrede
Nov 17, 20176 min read
Short Story: The Secret of Warren Thomas
“When will you admit it?” The boy cocked his head questioningly. Taken aback, Warren took an involuntary step backwards off his porch and...
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C.M. Selbrede
Sep 9, 20173 min read
Short Story: The Mountain & The Flame
Written September 2015. This is an ancient folktale told in the Valley. Once, many years before humans walked the Earth, there was a...
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C.M. Selbrede
Sep 7, 20172 min read
Short Story: While You Were Out
Written September 2015. “Number twelve. You have to do something….please I don’t know how much longer I can hold out against the warp.”...
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C.M. Selbrede
Sep 5, 20179 min read
Short Story: A Night in Gulch Falls
Written August 2015. Elements Co-Created by Mari Harutunian, Erika Karlin, and Alexa Marquis. Benton Warwick had always been wary of the...
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C.M. Selbrede
Sep 3, 20176 min read
Short Story: Whiskers & An Inquisitive Heart
Written November 2012. A Sequel to Whiskers & a Keen Mind. A cat quietly rested in a towering oak, delighting in the dawn’s gentle...
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C.M. Selbrede
Sep 1, 20178 min read
Short Story: Whiskers & A Keen Mind
Written November 2012. Stealthily, a cat ascended the crumbling stone wall, and it seemed to him that there had never been a night as...
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C.M. Selbrede
Aug 30, 20173 min read
Short Story: Hodgey
Written September 2015. This story is not considered canonical within The Valley Chronicles trilogy, but is an excellent example of...
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C.M. Selbrede
Aug 28, 20173 min read
Short Story: Team
Written February 2016 It was a murmur. Quiet, fleeting, but there. Hunter looked over, surprised. “You say something?” He asked, looking...
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