Melissa Shekinah
Bio
Melissa Shekinah visited all fifty states, parts of Canada, and Mexico. During her travels, she received an MFA in Creative Writing and completed her second novel of a trilogy.
Stories (11)
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A. A. G. M. Ch. 2
March 15th, 2012 The commotion came from the bathroom, but the world is a sloshy semi-lucid mess. Noises slur out of my mouth, as my body jolts upright. Functioning drunk is my forte, but the tiny, nearly unrecognizable voice in the back of my mind–which is my sober voice–is desperately telling me not to go into the bathroom.
By Melissa Shekinah4 years ago in Fiction
A.A.G.M CH.1.
March 14th, 2012 It’s my bathroom he’s in, but I’m at work, so I didn’t know that yet. Being a bouncer can fucking suck at times. It’s not because I'm a woman, though that doesn’t help. It’s more about the fact that where I work, The Vibe, is a dump.
By Melissa Shekinah4 years ago in Fiction
A.A.G.M. Prologue
Prologue April 11, 2011 The earthquake vibrates the bullet train. Greg Sampson, a man who conceals his anger and nervousness just below the skin, tucks his briefcase between his legs and spins his chubby thumbs in circles. In the briefcase is a tiny, plastic container housing his most prized possession—a slice of Albert Einstein’s brain stem cerebellum. Greg acquired this piece from Thomas Harvey, who stole Einstein’s brain, nearly two decades ago.
By Melissa Shekinah4 years ago in Fiction
Thank you, Goddard
Readers are hooked on the drug that is poetry, novellas, novels, memoirs, and so on; and writers are the dealers. It's why I started writing; it’s why I become enveloped in a story. It’s why I put myself through college, once again, even though I already had a career path. It’s where parts of humanity reside that are unattainable otherwise. Writing keeps our history. It keeps our sanity. It takes the parts of ourselves that seem tangled and rotten, and breathes life into them. It is, without a doubt, my favorite medium. Writing, and reading, is therapy for the world.
By Melissa Shekinah4 years ago in Journal
