Melissa VolkerJan 4, 20201 minOf Circuitry and StarsOffering a free read of a short story uncharacteristic of my writing -- cyberpunk! Get it at the dropdown link "Extras" under fiction....
Melissa VolkerNov 16, 20171 minHaiku 2 - of a bloomof lavender bloom awash in mist remembered and fading away
Melissa VolkerNov 15, 20172 minWaiting to DrownWe are drowning in mediocrity, oblivious to our impending end. We are satisfied with the bland, content with the merely okay -- no, worse...
Melissa VolkerOct 12, 20176 minFor The Love of ItI 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...
Melissa VolkerAug 25, 20174 minThe 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...
Melissa VolkerAug 18, 20176 minReminiscence on Where We GoA coffee cup, a ring of dried sludge around the bottom, a pair of round, tortoiseshell glasses -- one lens tinted dark where it bakes in...
Melissa VolkerAug 17, 20171 minIf You Walk With MeIf you walk with me, you are welcome -- though I cannot guarantee the content of our time. My vision shifts with sun and shadows, rage...
Melissa VolkerFeb 13, 20173 minFirst 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...
Melissa VolkerNov 8, 20164 minA short pieceDiary 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...
Melissa VolkerJul 27, 20162 minRuinsIt sits in a small patch of woods nestled between two neighborhoods, easily missed behind tangles of brambles, and curtains of ferns;...
Melissa VolkerMay 25, 20162 minMr. and Mrs. MI'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...
Melissa VolkerMay 10, 20161 minA. Frond Minks -- a short fictionA. 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...