The ghosts of the past will never rest. They will slither and crawl their way into the present, unleashing a quiet rage upon a small town, and take up residence in the darkest places that you dare not look. But one stranger will not only seek but find that deep below the surface lies a monstrous foe, one that will tear its way through those standing in its path, and all the bodies to fall would be because she lied.
Melissa R. Mendelson has been writing short stories and poetry since high school. Her focus has been primarily horror and dystopian, but she also makes room for science-fiction. She has a particular interest in identity, who we really are especially in the face of high stakes, unspeakable evils. With events in 2019/2020 when she was faced with a crisis of fertility and motherhood along with the pandemic, she created a prose poetry collection, This Will Remain With Us and a short story collection, Stories Written On Covid Walls, which were both published by Wild Ink Publishing.