Bad Memory: The Complete Series, 2nd ed.

by M.A. Melby

Jaimes was fun. Nik was neurotic. What should have been a sweet familiar story about opposites falling in love spirals into a surreal nightmare when someone takes a picture they shouldn’t have, and a prank goes horribly wrong.

Bad Memory is a queer romance thriller filled with arguments, hookups, hacking, cool crimes, and questionable meds.

Will Nik and Jaimes end up together? Will they even survive? But most importantly, what’s up with the gummy bears?

“The author’s ability to write the inner lives of mentally ill people is so accurate and evocative as to be emotionally devastating.

This is an extreme good book with fantastic characters and a great plot. ”
– Jadehawk

“M. A. Melby did a great job bringing her characters to life. I love how there is geek and queer with action, frustration, love and computer hacking!

A flowing book of adventure and bad memories!”
– Shay

300 pages, Paperback

Published August 6, 2023

About the author

M. A. Melby grew up on a farm in Minnesota, writing poetry and stories, playing flute and bassoon, singing in church, and hanging out in the closet.

Once she left home, she jumped headfirst into the geek and queer communities. Eventually she earned master’s degrees in physics and music, and taught science in college.

She’s been writing editorials, short fiction, and poetry, in various contexts for many years, often exploring atheism, religion, neurodiversity, mental health, sexuality, and gender.

Recently, she sat down to write a short story and accidentally wrote a novel. Then, she wrote another one, and another, and hasn’t stopped yet.