M. A. Mehan

Joined June 2022

125 stories

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"It simply isn't an adventure worth telling if there aren't any dragons." ~ J. R. R. Tolkien

storyteller // vampire // arizona desert rat

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Tuesday Dinner
It’s pre-dawn in the city, and the morning light is blinding. When I woke up, I had decided to walk to the coffee shop on the corner, which is now manned only by the owner, who stands behind the counter with eyes a thousand miles away.
By M. A. Mehan a day ago in Fiction
"Have You Considered Losing Weight?"
“Most women experience cramping, that’s not unusual” You’re fourteen, clutching at your stomach. What feels like a knife making a spaghetti twist of your intestines threatens to make you vomit. The school nurse barely glances at you over a clipboard and reaches for a bottle of ibuprofen. “This should help.” You just want to lay down. She sends you back to class with a water bottle and an extra tampon. Your friends glance at you sympathetically right before you run for the bathroom to barf up your lunch and the two ibuprofen. It never helps anyways. The cramps last for the rest of the day.
By M. A. Mehan 11 days ago in Humans
The Spider's Daughter
The spider’s perfect daughter Spun and wove and tucked and sewed Webs of flawless, neat proportions That could handle every load.
By M. A. Mehan 12 days ago in Poets
Refuge
A million questions pacing, racing, running through your head, Tell yourself that you can’t rest until the day that you are dead,
By M. A. Mehan 15 days ago in Poets
If You See Something...
When something wrong is in the air, Your gut feeling isn’t “nothing”, Keep your neighborhood safe and: If You See Something, Say Something
By M. A. Mehan about a month ago in Poets
Foxglove Public Library . Runner-Up in Instructions Included Challenge. Top Story - December 2025.
First off, congratulations! You have been selected for this position as overnight library security based off your unique qualifications, indomitable spirit, and impressive mental fortitude. We would like to offer you a few instructions and helpful tips to make your first and future shifts here as smooth and easy as possible. Read thoroughly and keep this sheet on you at all times. The last thing you want is for the shadows in the corner of the breakroom to find it. Once again, welcome to the team!
By M. A. Mehan 2 months ago in Fiction
Roasty Toasty
Lacy steam swirls away Roasty warmth melts frozen hands Comfort in a cup
By M. A. Mehan 2 months ago in Poets
The Phoenix
The last of my fire flickers and dies, A life fading in ashes before my dark eyes. It is here that the phoenix is destined to rise,
By M. A. Mehan 3 months ago in Poets
Netted Stars
For every star my branches reach, Know my roots spread just as deep. However gnarled they may be, However twisting my beginning,
By M. A. Mehan 3 months ago in Poets
Unwritten. Winner in Villanelle of Regret Challenge.
My pen hovers o’er paper as white as the snow, But my mind is a captive, my heart has been bound. Worlds slip through my fingers that I’ll never know.
By M. A. Mehan 3 months ago in Poets
Dawn
Shadows suffuse in softened silver, Air so sweet it stings, Winter flirts with the chilly river, Frost embraces flower and splinter,
By M. A. Mehan 3 months ago in Poets
City in Ashes
The east gate hung open, the thick wrought iron bars bent and broken. Instead of retreating back to their ships, the Zandeer raiders had set out towards the Wilds and some unknown purpose beyond, captives in tow.
By M. A. Mehan 4 months ago in Chapters