Clyde Verhine
Short Stories and Poems:
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(Short Story - Nov 2025)
On the roads of Madison County, Georgia, the deer stop running and start choosing.
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(Short Story- Oct 2025)
A short story about a blacksmith who forges a sword and discovers
that it displays the names of those it must slay.
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(Short Story - Sep 2025)
A short story intended for children ages 6 to 9.
A story about the courage to keep trying, the willingness to make mistakes, the steady improvement that comes from practice, and the strength of encouragement from others.
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(Short Story - Sep 2025)
In a space where shadows press close, the forgotten endures.
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(Short Story - Aug 2025)
In a future where the oceans have turned toxic, an evolved dolphin leader risks awakening something ancient and hungry when he discovers a forgotten human device that could restore the sea… or doom what remains of the world..
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(Short Story - Apr 2025)
A man of science fights a battle against a terrifying transformation overtaking his town.
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(Short Story - Jun 2025)
A descendant of American revolutionaries went looking for lost traditions and finds a ritual that remembers what the nation has tried to forget.
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(Short Story - Jun 2025)
In a world gripped by endless winter, one man refuses to forget the scent of honeysuckle and the promise of bloom, holding vigil for a spring that may never return.
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(Poem - Mar 2025)
A tree's gentle monologue becomes a meditation on resilience, mortality, and the quiet yearning that something of the self might yet take root beyond the fall.
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(Short Story - Dec 2024)
​In the winter of 1955, a young boy’s Christmas visit to his grandparents’ rural Georgia farm becomes a cherished memory of warmth, wonder, and the quiet richness of a simpler time.
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(Poem & Short Story - Oct 2024)
On the haunted threshold of All Hallows' Eve, a brave young girl dares to defy a vengeful coven---only to discover that true darkness never dies, it only waits.
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