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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Self-Shame & Electric/Eccentric!
by C.M. Selbrede
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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 29, 20173 min read
Memoir: Momentum
How hockey kept me moving forward. The following was used as my Common App essay for my undergraduate applications. I have an absolute...
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C.M. Selbrede
Dec 22, 20171 min read
Poem: Felicity
Nobody can comprehend the depth of your complexity This beating heart shuns simplicity and simple sighs, Tussle and tear your skin in...
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C.M. Selbrede
Dec 18, 20171 min read
Poem: Childhood
Our beds are stacked together Each at their own height Each with their own color Purple, Pink, Blue They fit together, But they are not...
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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 11, 20171 min read
Poem: Blood Bond
I have a daughter, beautiful and bright She has locks of hair which are different from mine Long where mine is short, curled where mine...
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C.M. Selbrede
Dec 6, 20174 min read
Opinion: ‘Majority Rule’ Isn’t What You Think
Why this political principle must be used sparingly among healthy friendships and teams. “It is a weak mind that imagines its version of...
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C.M. Selbrede
Dec 4, 20171 min read
Poem: The Watch
Watches speak They tell us of ends and beginnings They help us feel the Ticking murmurs of inevitability Approaching both infinitely...
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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 27, 20171 min read
Poem: 21 Lines Off the Coast
A lighthouse casts starlight across the harbor. A young boy drinks some as he rows. The stars taste like fire, though they look like ice....
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C.M. Selbrede
Nov 20, 20171 min read
Poem: Clara
The forest is filled with life alien to me Unpleasant things buzz around me harshly Their view of me altered by their alien eyes I must...
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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
Nov 13, 20171 min read
Poem: Anna
Sun rests lightly on the roadside where flowers grow They spring from the cold, dank soil with warm life They organize themselves in...
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C.M. Selbrede
Nov 6, 20171 min read
Poem: Fluffynose Almondtail
This poem was written in 2012, during 6th Grade. Fluffynose Almondtail was a small, tan squirrel He slept in a tree hollow on top of a...
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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 4, 20171 min read
Poem: break/be/free
tear up the instruction manual they left for you & break free push away the boxes they built for you & be free do your best and get a B...
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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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