Shanelle Clogston

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2020

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“Trusted Lies” by Shanelle Clogston

Submitted to Contest #104

“Are you coming tonight?” He asked me on the landline. The phone was the ugliest cream-yellow color. It was the color of a wedding dress that had been in a storage box for 50 years. “I’ll be there soon, save me a dance.” I wrapped the phone cord around my finger the same way I used to twirl my hair.  "Bee, I wish so much that I could dance with you."  "Then dance with me," I said and twirled in my red tulle dress. I had begged my mom to shorten the hem, and she finally did. The tulle flowed higher up as I spun around. I felt his ...

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“Wright at Night” by Shanelle Clogston

Submitted to Contest #51

I looked up at the sky full of rhinestones my mom uses to bedazzle her sweaters. Putting rhinestones on your sweaters is all the rage among the moms of suburbia, but I still refuse to wear the sweater she not only picked out but bedazzled for our annual family photo session at the mall. The rhinestones in the sky, although not as flashy as my mom’s, were brighter. They dazzled. “I love her,” I said before I realized it was out loud.  “You love your mom? That’s good, Joe,” Berry said. Berry had been my best friend since the second grade....

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Author bio

Shanelle Clogston is a writer with a degree in Culture, Literature & the Arts and a minor in Visual & Media Arts from UW-Bothell. You can read Shanelle’s poetry in Clamor. She writes at the worst times because she can’t help when an idea presents itself to her. When not consumed by keeping her goal of reading a book a week or working on her YA novel, Shanelle loves to travel, paint, buy pajamas, and daydream. If Shanelle sounds at all interesting to you, you can learn more about her love of books on her budding bookstagram @beachedbookbabe