Journey (For My Father) I wish I could say that we are like any other father and daughter. I wish that I could say that we are the best of friends, but it took us a long time to get here. I wish I could say that I could tell you anything, everything, but you still would not understand. […]
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By The Yellow Light by, Melissa R. Mendelson I was nine when my parents got divorced. I could hear them arguing downstairs as I clutched Teddy in my arms. I always felt safe in this house. I didn’t want to leave. I wanted to stay with my mother, and for awhile, I did. But then my father came and […]
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A voice in the void cries out for somebody to come and save whatever is left of a sanity left hung in limbo as time swallows itself in, and moments drift by like dying thoughts of a mind left shaken from being here in this space to remain, to die in as the voice echoes within the corridors of limbo […]
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Just Talking About Science-Fiction By, Melissa R. Mendelson When I was a kid, I would curl up on the couch with my parents and watch “The Twilight Zone,” “Outer Limits,” and “Amazing Stories.” For a holiday gift, my father gave me a hard covered book, the best of Science-Fiction, which included stories from Isaac Asimov and Ray Bradbury. I’ve […]
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Unfriendly Skies by, Melissa R. Mendelson The sky was portrait blue. White clouds graced across it. The sun dipped in and out. Black strokes of bird swayed into view. The world was quiet and disappeared down below, and all the strangers sat like porcelain dolls, lost inside their minds. Only the engines rumbled, and voices crackled over the radio. […]
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A Jolt of Kola by, Melissa R. Mendelson Recently, I had a bad health scare. I had found a lump. The doctor said that I had to have a mammography done plus sonogram, which I did. The results were not good, and I had to return to the lab a week later for a biopsy, which turned into a […]
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Movie Review: The 9th Life of Louis Drax by, Melissa R. Mendelson They say that a mind is a terrible thing to waste. Yet, we waste ours on mindless television, mediocre tasks at work, mind-numbing commutes, listening to endless babble on the radio, and by day’s end, our minds are screaming to be switched off. Try to think tomorrow, if […]
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When I Listen To Music by, Melissa R. Mendelson When I listen to music, I want to disappear. I want to melt. I want to feel. I want to be alive. As far back as I can remember, I held onto that record player, looking for that song that would awaken my heart. Over time, I found many songs, […]
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Comedy Review: What Is That Smell? by, Melissa R. Mendelson I love The Doors, and I have so many favorite songs by them. One favorite is “People Are Strange” because they are. We are so different, but yet, we are also the same. But I have to wonder, “Have we grown colder?” When that song, “People Are Strange” was written […]
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At The Intersection of the Fault Lines Poetry Book Review: FAULT LINES by Gary Beck Reviewed by, Melissa R. Mendelson We believe to live the ordinary life, encased by the ordinary world. The days grow shorter, and the nights grow longer. We worry over trivial and great issues, hoping for someone to come and ease our pain and suffering as […]
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