Melissa Fitzpatrick

Small bird leaping off a branch into flight

Melissa Fitzpatrick lives in the Los Angeles area. She writes fiction and poetry, and can often be found wandering around, looking for birds to photograph.

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PROSE:

“Only Water, Then Sky,” Atlas and Alice, April 2024

“Leap Day,” Flash Fiction Online, February 2024

“Open Gate,” Five South, November 2023

“Palm trees float in the moonlight,” Paragraph Planet, August 19, 2023

A Melody You’ve Never Heard,” FlashFlood, June 2023

“The Cougar in the Attic,” MoonPark Review, June 2023 (Pushcart nominee)

“Beach People,” 805 Lit + Art, May 2023 (Best of the Net nominee)

“Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board,” Milk Candy Review, October 2022

“Unbound,” Corvid Queen, September 2022

Birding at the End of the World,” CHEAP POP, April 2022

POETRY:

“Funhouse,” HAD, April 30, 2024

“Venice Boulevard, March 2019,” Scrawl Place, September 2022