Welcome to the worlds of Clyde Verhine.
As an author, I love writing stories that move between science fiction, supernatural horror, suspense, historical fiction, and Southern Gothic.
There is the world we recognize, and then there are the moments when reality seems to shift.
A road leads somewhere it should not. An old story turns out to remember more than the people telling it. A scientific discovery opens a door no one knew existed. A forgotten place refuses to remain forgotten. An ordinary person is forced to make a choice for which ordinary life offered no preparation.
That is the territory of my stories.
~ Clyde Verhine
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Novels, collections, and longer works of fiction.
Science fiction, supernatural horror, fantasy, historical fiction, Southern Gothic, dark comedy, or a mixture of several genres.
The Dark Between
Sometimes you want the satisfaction of a complete, immersive tale without the time commitment of a full-length novel. Each book in the “The Dark Between” series contains one complete novelette-length story. Read them in any order. A story in this series may be science fiction, fantasy, horror, historical fiction, or Southern Gothic.
Brief Departures
A Brief Departures story is one complete story, short enough to read in one sitting. One journey. One possibility. A stand-alone tale in a collection of stories.
A story in this series may be science fiction, fantasy, horror, historical fiction, or Southern Gothic, each a complete story of strange discoveries, unexpected consequences, and/or ordinary people confronting something beyond the ordinary.
Not every story I write becomes included in a book. On this website is a growing library of fiction, poems, and occasional pieces that can be read here in their entirety. Entirely Free to read... requiring no sign-in, obligation, or tracking.
My first published books were nonfiction, primarily dealing with overall health and healthy eating, but over time I found myself increasingly drawn toward storytelling. Fiction books and stories have now become my writing home.
I write across genres because I am interested in the full range of what fiction can do. My stories can entertain, disturb, make us think, remind us of what matters, and sometimes just to make us laugh. Some stories are quiet. Some are strange. Some are dark.
And I know,
The next story is already waiting somewhere...
