Bad Memory: Volume One: Purple and Blue Brigade

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 secretly takes a picture and a prank goes horribly wrong.

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

The main themes are love and friendship, trauma-related mental illness, unhealthy relationships, and recovery.

427 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 8, 2025

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.