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JAKE (2024)

Clowning Around

Clowning Around, a short story collection by Melissa Martini, invites readers into a whimsical world filled with eccentric characters and unique relationships. Published by JAKE, this collection comprises five pieces that delve into the lives of clowns and those entwined with them. "Clowning Around" is a delightful assortment of short stories that captivates with its whimsy and emotional depth.

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Bottlecap Press (2022)

Faded Fur & Stripped Skin

From body horror to sexuality and relationships, Melissa Martini’s debut chapbook of short stories, Faded Fur and Stripped Skin, tackles all of the perks and pain that come with animal transformation. The moments when the fur sprouting from your skin leaves you itchy, booze sounds like a better option than blood, and seals wash up on the Jersey Shore.

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ELJ Editions (2022)

Eating Pomegranates in Front of the Fireplace

While it’s a prose chapbook, EATING POMEGRANATES IN FRONT OF THE FIREPLACE by Melissa Martini reads much like poetry. The sharp, trauma-singed imagery and moments bring us back to when we were growing up and discovering ourselves for the first time, especially the parts that scared us the most.

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prose

​Fiction – 

 

Flash –

 

Non-Fiction – 

poetry + artwork

Poetry --

  • Building Blocks & Sugar Cubes // Zanna Magazine // Issue 8: Inside the Box

  • Cheese Dog // The Gorko Gazette // American Cheese Special

  • Coffee & Cream // Wrongdoing Magazine // Issue 2

  • Color-Coded Sugar // Gutslut Press // Bonemilk Issue

  • Coinslot // The Confessionailst Zine // November 2020

  • Despite Drift // The Daily Drunk

  • Frank Pizza Got Laid Off // The Daily Drunk

  • Insidious Flower Bug // The Daily Drunk

  • In Which I Vandalize Kodlak's Journal // The Daily Drunk

  • love language // Musing Publications // Bloom & Blossom Issue

  • Maraschino Cherry Juice // Spillover Magazine // Issue 2

  • Miranda Cosgrove (and Carly Shay) // JAKE L.M. Cole // Has A Celebrity Crush

  • Peter Lewis Kingston Wentz III // JAKE L.M. Cole // Has A Celebrity Crush

  • Tea-Stained // Gutslut Press // Bonemilk Issue

  • The Letter My Mom Left When She Unexpectedly Flew to Florida Takes Its Coffee Black With a Slice of Lemon on the Side // Messy Misfits Club // Issue 4: Dreamscapes

  • Where I'm From // The Minison Project // MiniPress Recipe Anthology

  • Wool Muddied and Pink // Mixtage Mag // Fervour Issue

  • young fruit bodies, or wrinkled peaches // Gamut Mag // Issue 2: Pink

  • Daydreaming at Midnight // Musings Publications // Bloom & Blossom Issue & fifth wheel press // dreamlands anthology

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Visual Art--

  • 0002 // Wrongdoing Magazine // Issue 1 // Spring 2021

  • 0004 // Wrongdoing Magazine // Issue 1 // Spring 2021

  • Alone // HOLYFLEA! Literary Magazine // Issue 1

  • Ambit // Analogies & Allegories // Issue 4: Rejuvenation

  • Bonehead // Gutslut Press // Bonemilk Issue

  • Bloom // TMP Magazine // Issue 1 // The Minison Project

  • Clowning Around // Wind-Up Mice // Issue 1: Carnival

  • confetti // Voidspace Zine // Word Art

  • Faces // HOLYFLEA! Literary Magazine // Issue 1

  • Gil // HOLYFLEA! Literary Magazine // Dream Journal Pop-Up Issue

  • Let's Play // Wind-Up Mice // Issue 1: Carnival

  • Letting in the Light // In Parentheses Magazine // Volume 6, Issue 4, Spring 2021

  • Two Ws // Analogies & Allegories // Issue 4: Rejuvenation

  • Wade // TMP Magazine // Issue 1 // The Minison Project

  • Wawa Chicken // COOP // Issue 5

  • Performer // Queercrip Records // Issue 2

  • Look at You // Queercrip Records // Issue 2

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