Melissa Ingoldsby

Joined February 2021

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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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Swallow the noise
when you learn that you’ve always been invisible, even when so many are looking you and the world tilts, You turn the TV off, the screen that held you when others were cold,
By Melissa Ingoldsby5 months ago in Poets
Deleted Aki & Manuel scene from Silent Bites
In Florida, summer was just starting in 2013, with the edge of spring just a quiet whisper as the intense humid air hit the duo. Driving with the windows open was intolerable. The wind that swept through the pair felt like a hot gush of mushy, muddy mist.
By Melissa Ingoldsby5 months ago in Chapters
Black veiled honey . Honorable Mention in The Road Drops Here Challenge.
are you drowning in the same honeyed darkness that preceded me does Death wear an invisible halo? Have you come for me, not for my hour of death, but to whisper secrets behind my shadow?
By Melissa Ingoldsby5 months ago in Poets
Luminous Fire-Eyes
your halo sets atop your flaming eyes Your luminous visage, so fraught with peril and fear Collides with your soft milky voice
By Melissa Ingoldsby5 months ago in Poets
I am Bexley “Rumors” chapter 26
“So, I was out of it for what seemed like a whole day. I was going in and out of consciousness. I couldn’t even see ahead with my vision being so clouded. Then India caught up with me with a whole new crew,” Serena explained.
By Melissa Ingoldsby5 months ago in Fiction
The magic garden . Honorable Mention in The Shape of the Thing Challenge.
“O-Once upon a time,” she started, her eyes luminous from the light gleaming from the large window of the small room. Her quick expression darted around, looking about carefully, and then, longingly, at her family. She said much clearer and with a resounding nod:
By Melissa Ingoldsby5 months ago in Fiction
Trapped
my words are stuck, trapped, locked up unstoppable, the momentum has pushed me so hard, so fast, My brain is trapped, my heart is stuck
By Melissa Ingoldsby5 months ago in Poets
Interrupted Tanka
“I really like you,” words grip Dan, lost in dead calls Arturo, three sounds That linger in Dan’s head, shot Off in a cut call, “I’m yours.”
By Melissa Ingoldsby5 months ago in Poets
yellow
Yellow; it was made from you yellow, was the longest summer yellow, was in a deep purple cannon that I blew up into your heart
By Melissa Ingoldsby5 months ago in Poets
Extra media that also inspires me
I wrote a small series about media that inspired me, such as music, movies and books. Those lists were pretty exhaustive, however, that isn’t all of the little extras that I have found inspiration from. Here’s that extra list to make sure the other gems don’t fall off into my subconscious cliff, or something.
By Melissa Ingoldsby5 months ago in Geeks
The invisible pauses that made our music
It’s easy to understand the notes that created our ballad as you truly appreciate what each pause meant Yes it feels like you are invoking an invisible body as we discuss a rest in between the notes itself, but if we did not have the pauses
By Melissa Ingoldsby6 months ago in Poets
Media that inspires me, media that helps me write Part three
I like holding onto a real physical book. I love the way it feels in my hands, the smell, and I love how it makes me feel. I remember during reading time in elementary school as I read one of my favorite books I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly, I also ate my snack, Oreos. The pages smelled like Oreos too! To this day, anytime I read that book, I think of Oreos. Here’s part three of, Media that inspires me, media that helps me write, and now it’s about books.
By Melissa Ingoldsby6 months ago in BookClub