Melissa Ingoldsby

Joined February 2021

1327 stories

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My work:

The Job , The Space Between Us , Green,

The Unlikely Bounty, Straight Love, The Heart Factory, The Half Paper Moon, I am Bexley and Atonement by JMS Books

Silent Bites by Eukalypto

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Pulverized . Top Story - March 2025.
The little things happen when all else is pulverized, the big things close up and crumble Into the dust of space The little bits that are a part of the nebulous universe, the atoms that form the core of your very existence
By Melissa Ingoldsbyabout a year ago in Poets
Ache punch
there is a sound that cuts through my mind I can’t reach for the words The rope that gets cut as the body falls from the stage
By Melissa Ingoldsbyabout a year ago in Poets
The Suit
The family had gotten together on a spring evening. The sun was setting just behind the hills that were in front of the family villa.
By Melissa Ingoldsbyabout a year ago in Humor
Did she betray me?. Content Warning.
I’m hanging on a damn thread, writing this in my head but scribbling in my blood. I may be dead soon. India is trying so hard to help me. The other ‘Letters are confused she’s not trying to kill me first.
By Melissa Ingoldsbyabout a year ago in Fiction
When I see you in my dreams . Top Story - March 2025.
When I saw him the second time, it was quiet, save for the regulars’ idle chat, in hushed whispers, excitement lacing their words, bouncing in jittery waves. Whether it was from their conversation or the anticipated performance, I didn’t know. The small stage in front was still and dark.
By Melissa Ingoldsbyabout a year ago in Beat
Ggggghhhhhhhhgggggggggggggggggh
I’m tired of being resilient, responsible for your bad behavior I am not perfect but I have been patient Patient for abuse to end
By Melissa Ingoldsbyabout a year ago in Poets
Help. Content Warning.
I can’t find the answer What’s the difference between drowning and dying Currently feeling like a useless idiot I’m so sick to death to find these words
By Melissa Ingoldsbyabout a year ago in Poets
Closed up redux
I lied. I was too open again, got burnt again, close to tears but I still feel my pain isn’t worth being fixed I never believed I was allowed to fix my pain
By Melissa Ingoldsbyabout a year ago in Poets
Soft thunder
Dear Jane, Did you ever see the evidence of winter start with soft thunder and the sun blooming through the gray, listless clouds? I find the snow eerie. The ice crystals that settle down inside the once lush landscape of green refresh me yet again, I feel a tormenting sensation of nostalgia for something that never existed.
By Melissa Ingoldsbyabout a year ago in History
Closed up
i am sewn up, stitched tight I can't bring myself to open Each stitch is tight, hurt so terribly to tie together and the indifferent airs made them even tear a little bit but still intact just barely In fact, the stitches are barely holding even though—i refuse to open.
By Melissa Ingoldsbyabout a year ago in Poets
Cake-Pop-Joe
Hollywood Insider: How an ordinary man was behind the scenes of the most famous artists, musician and actors of the last two decades
By Melissa Ingoldsbyabout a year ago in Fiction
Flowers of old and new: Happy Valentines Day
These are the flowers we picked and cut that one day with my son, mom I keep them handy by the kitchen sink It reminds me of you
By Melissa Ingoldsbyabout a year ago in Poets