Melissa Ingoldsby

Joined February 2021

0 stories

Bio

I am a published author on Patheos,

I am Bexley by Resurgence Novels

The Half Paper Moon on Golden Storyline Books for Kindle.

My novella The Job and Atonement will be published this year by JMS Books

Carnivorous published by Eukalypto

Stories (1074/0)

Strangely, my name is
I fell so madly in love with you, my Jade skinned Indian love, Your mer-tail like a jewel, so bright teal You long limbs so elegantly placed against my skin, so cold and wet and
By Melissa Ingoldsbya day ago in Poets
Malaise of malaise
Ah. The malaise of this story doesn’t even begin to unwind the tension that lies between my bones, each joint being held by tacky glue
By Melissa Ingoldsbya day ago in Poets
Trauma sparkle
a politic is a bag o’ tricks, Taxes are the best bag of all You win some you lose big I am The Queen of tired Fucking exhausted like a waterlogged rock
By Melissa Ingoldsby2 days ago in Poets
sun
how can you break down your syllabic structure like dancing rain against the windy lake, The structure of the struggle that made you so brave
By Melissa Ingoldsby6 days ago in Poets
Am I ready for this
My heart would be pounding like a jackhammer, right? Is that the right way to put it? Especially if I had a working heart.
By Melissa Ingoldsby6 days ago in Fiction
Teri
oh wait it’s you, the absolute stunner of my heart Leaping into the haphazard depths of my beating knocker with precision
By Melissa Ingoldsby8 days ago in Poets
Screech
kiss the baby over and over, smells like fresh baked bread Trying to write a single sentence A letter, a sound like a dong from a large metal instrument
By Melissa Ingoldsby9 days ago in Poets
#sad dawn/sundown
My good friend Oneg and I collaborated to write this poem based on body dysphoria and the grief / anxiety that comes with it. Please check out their amazing writing and truly inspiring poetry today!
By Melissa Ingoldsby10 days ago in Poets
Holy mess
we planned to destroy ourselves before any destroyed each other I dipped in Holy water to keep the peace You stepped into the flames to keep me warm
By Melissa Ingoldsby13 days ago in Poets
Angel Anger
you hid under the veil of sacristy A false room of self-righteous prayer that cast out the small demons that fancied to destroy me piece by little piece
By Melissa Ingoldsby13 days ago in Poets
Top Story - May 2024
Tomato timeTop Story - May 2024
My girlfriend Nana went to the farmer’s market and bought some tomatoes. I lingered on the spot on the counter that had the last tomato after she had made us dinner the night before.
By Melissa Ingoldsby14 days ago in Fiction
an ode to seeing parts of galactic space when you shut your eyes too tightly
crazy eyes sink in Clouds of dust that create stars Crying all alone.
By Melissa Ingoldsby14 days ago in Poets