MELISSA VOLKER

author, nerd, spelunker of things strange and wonderful  

Go home

  • ABOUT

    • Bio
    • AUTHOR VISITS
    • From Readers
    • News and Events
    • GALLERY
    • Contact
  • FICTION

    • Trilby Box
    • Where We Go
    • Delilah of Sunhats and Swans
    • Still, Life
    • a life undone
  • MG/YA

    • How the Light gets In
    • Apocalypse Alice
    • Anabelle Lost
    • HIDDEN
    • Moya Fairwell Series
  • PHOTOGRAPHY

  • CONTACT

  • BLOG

  • More

    Use tab to navigate through the menu items.
    • All Posts
    • Essay
    • Health
    • Books
    • Writing
    • Life
    • Creative
    • Family
    Search
    Of Circuitry and Stars
    Melissa Volker
    • Jan 4, 2020
    • 1 min

    Of Circuitry and Stars

    Offering a free read of a short story uncharacteristic of my writing -- cyberpunk! Get it at the dropdown link "Extras" under fiction....
    2 views0 comments
    Haiku 2 - of a bloom
    Melissa Volker
    • Nov 16, 2017
    • 1 min

    Haiku 2 - of a bloom

    of lavender bloom awash in mist remembered and fading away
    12 views0 comments
    Waiting to Drown
    Melissa Volker
    • Nov 15, 2017
    • 2 min

    Waiting to Drown

    We are drowning in mediocrity, oblivious to our impending end. We are satisfied with the bland, content with the merely okay -- no, worse...
    20 views0 comments
    For The Love of It
    Melissa Volker
    • Oct 12, 2017
    • 6 min

    For The Love of It

    I guess in my heart -- in that place that nags you not to eat the last cookie, or buy that too-expensive dress, or get tied up with a guy...
    11 views0 comments
    The Eternal Blue
    Melissa Volker
    • Aug 25, 2017
    • 4 min

    The Eternal Blue

    "I've been thinking a lot about this thing we all do -- life…" she began, her pencil absently tracing an invisible line around the open...
    11 views0 comments
    Reminiscence on Where We Go
    Melissa Volker
    • Aug 18, 2017
    • 6 min

    Reminiscence on Where We Go

    A coffee cup, a ring of dried sludge around the bottom, a pair of round, tortoiseshell glasses -- one lens tinted dark where it bakes in...
    13 views0 comments
    If You Walk With Me
    Melissa Volker
    • Aug 17, 2017
    • 1 min

    If You Walk With Me

    If you walk with me, you are welcome -- though I cannot guarantee the content of our time. My vision shifts with sun and shadows, rage...
    8 views0 comments
    First Snow (a short short story)
    Melissa Volker
    • Feb 13, 2017
    • 3 min

    First Snow (a short short story)

    Dark, cold, buried beneath a pile of thick, soft, dense white; it is a time to hibernate and hide away. The world has vanished beneath a...
    7 views0 comments
    A short piece
    Melissa Volker
    • Nov 8, 2016
    • 4 min

    A short piece

    Diary of Her a short tale of what was When did the leaves change? I think to myself as I stand in the path to the small patch of woods...
    21 views0 comments
    Ruins
    Melissa Volker
    • Jul 27, 2016
    • 2 min

    Ruins

    It sits in a small patch of woods nestled between two neighborhoods, easily missed behind tangles of brambles, and curtains of ferns;...
    16 views0 comments
    Mr. and Mrs. M
    Melissa Volker
    • May 25, 2016
    • 2 min

    Mr. and Mrs. M

    I'm not sure how long they've been together -- I saw them for the first time last year -- but I think it's been a while now. It's...
    0 views0 comments
    A. Frond Minks -- a short fiction
    Melissa Volker
    • May 10, 2016
    • 1 min

    A. Frond Minks -- a short fiction

    A. Frond Minks stares out her back porch window wondering where all the deer were this past winter. There was a time when they could be...
    5 views0 comments

    © 2016 Melissa Volker

    © Copyright 2016 All Rights Reserved

    Book graphics created with templates from covervault.com