Go to the hardware store, the old-time one near the county line, the one with the dusty paint-splattered floors, oak planks that creak as you stroll up and down the aisles, looking at welcome mats and no-soliciting signs, all the shiny hammers and buckets of nails, screwdrivers lined up by size. Walk past […]
Victoria Melekian
Victoria Melekian lives in Carlsbad, California. Her poems and stories have been published in various anthologies. She was a runner-up in the 2018 Bath Flash Fiction Novella-in-Flash Award, a runner-up in the Women on Writing Summer 2019 Flash Fiction Contest, and her story “What I Don’t Tell Him” aired on NPR. She has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has twice won a San Diego Book award. For more, visit http://victoriamelekian.com