Melissa Ingoldsby

Joined February 2021

1317 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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Spaghetti Family part six, Leslie’s return
“H-Harry, Harry, we need to get the hell outta here!” Robin whispers to me frantically, lifting up Manny, but struggling to do so.
By Melissa Ingoldsby3 years ago in Fiction
Spaghetti Family part five
We got home from the store, and I started up lunch. “Robin, babe,” I say as he puts away the rest of the groceries. “I’m thinking of buying a security system for the house. What do you think?”
By Melissa Ingoldsby3 years ago in Fiction
Edgar’s lament
To know Edgar’s poetic muse His words hit deep(it seemed they did, she often told him so) But Drives a soft crease, indented in time
By Melissa Ingoldsby3 years ago in Poets
Edgar & Anabelle Lee
the humid, tangible cries of the dark raven Draw a dark, solid curtain Over the melancholy verse, draining Edgar’s longing
By Melissa Ingoldsby3 years ago in Poets
Oh, Swamp Thing, come see the sun
one muse, Many names. For Edgar, Anabelle Lee is forever. Moon-Milk Eyes, a treasure with large saucer mirrors Spacing out over earth,
By Melissa Ingoldsby3 years ago in Poets
Jagged thorns around the neck
silver thorns around my neck Pieces of the muddy bosom bloody Mississippi in my eyes, My Bloodlines lie in the muddy waters
By Melissa Ingoldsby3 years ago in Poets
You are my dove . Top Story - October 2022.
yes I remember the laughs between the layers of our shared verse And the dreams we were dancing with the moon lit curse That hung over my face
By Melissa Ingoldsby3 years ago in Poets
Dear Anabelle Lee
to know our angel is resting peacefully Is all this poet can hope for, And yes my dear Anabelle Lee, I will try to say this simply.
By Melissa Ingoldsby3 years ago in Poets
My Raven is you
yes, you are the soft queen Raven As ever, I, Edgar, Was never held back by your name A strong hold of a muse Forever you claim,
By Melissa Ingoldsby3 years ago in Poets
Look up!
ur the lemon 🍋 pepper girl You are peppery, fiery the singing weather surrounds your milky, rightfully angry eyes, brown like beautiful earth
By Melissa Ingoldsby3 years ago in Poets
Spaghetti Family part four
It was the middle of the work day when I got a slew of calls from my boyfriend Robin. It was about my lunchtime, so I took it a few minutes early.
By Melissa Ingoldsby3 years ago in Fiction
Spaghetti Family part three
The night sleeps on quietly, and Robin cuddles so tightly in my embrace as we try to rest. We both stayed up a bit after we put Manny to bed, talking over everything and trying to make sense of what happened with the weird singing recycling bin.
By Melissa Ingoldsby3 years ago in Fiction