Down By The Sea

Michelle Mellon discovered her love of writing at the age of nine. She was a published poet starting in high school and into her twenties, when she shifted her focus to short fiction. In addition to the ever-bizarre world around us, Ms. Mellon draws inspiration from her experiences growing up as an Army dependent, and her varied occupations as dental assistant, project manager, copywriter, and communications manager. In August 2015, she and her husband relocated from San Francisco to Germany, where Ms. Mellon has been a stay-at-home cat mom while finishing her story collection, writing for speculative fiction anthologies and magazines, and publishing a blog about her expat adventures. She recently joined a software startup as a content writer and is close to completing her second fiction collection.