Melissa A. BartellSouthern Discomfort" The person inside this body, the brain and soul and mind operating this meat-puppet, is no such thing. I think harming children is abhorrent. Life is sacred. Even human life. And ending a life is never the first option." #fanfic #missmeliss #outcast
The Warehouse of Lost Dreams #flashfic #missmeliss #horrordailies “More like being a spaceship captain, although we still get a lot of firefighters, lion tamers, and superheroes.” Maury shakes his head. “Some of those are messy – the kids who tried flying before they gave up on the idea… their bodies usually didn’t suffer much, but those dreams literally went splat! That’s why we cover up.”
https://www.missmeliss.com/2023/10/the-warehouse-of-lost-dreams/
Itchy "The itching is increasing. He can’t stop scratching long enough to kiss her again let alone get it up so they can do more. She leaves without promising to call." #horrordailies #missmeliss #curses #shortshort
Sleepless (a remix of the Endymion myth) #flashfiction #horrordailies #missmeliss
"She was with her nameless musician in her bed and still with him in front of her easel when she crawled out of the covers. She started a second painting, then a third. She stopped going to his gigs – he played for her when he came back every night."
https://www.missmeliss.com/2023/10/sleepless-a-remix-of-the-endymion-myth/
Heat Lightning "There's flickering light out to the east, swaths of clouded sky lighting up and fading out like semaphore lamps, but the code they're using isn't Morse. It isn't human language at all." #flashfiction #horrordailies #missmeliss
