Melissa Ingoldsby
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Scene after Blind audition for an orchestra
“I’m just mediocre.” I echoed with a sigh. I couldn’t believe that one of the judges said that to me, and that I needed to study the music better, because I often played notes much longer than needed, or too fast.
By Melissa Ingoldsby10 months ago in Fiction
Unconscious bias… uncomfortable prejudice: a character study
I wrote this short story four years ago. Here is the link to the original story. I have chosen this particular story because it has been one of my least popular, most criticized and more controversial.
By Melissa Ingoldsby11 months ago in Critique
Stay in your lane
In Florida, summer was just starting, 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. Avon Park had a seedy underbelly, but so did much of Florida if you looked closely.
By Melissa Ingoldsby11 months ago in Fiction
Pulverized . Top Story - March 2025.
The little things happen when all else is pulverized, the big things close up and crumble Into the dust of space The little bits that are a part of the nebulous universe, the atoms that form the core of your very existence
By Melissa Ingoldsby11 months ago in Poets
