Melissa Tuckman
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Melissa Tuckman
@melissatuckman.bsky.social
Writer, instructor at Rowan University. melissatuckman.com
My poem "Superyacht" is in Issue 125 of Image Journal.

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Superyacht - Image Journal
“This is Fraternity Island and contains too few palms. We shall plant the sands and shade our cabanas,”
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July 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
"Clinical Labor," my story about a pharmaceutical trial, is up at Necessary Fiction.

"If I followed the rules and made it through the ten days, I’d be paid up to $14,500. But that’s not why I enrolled."
March 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"Blastodisc," my story about a laying hen, has been nominated for Best Small Fictions. Many thanks to Porter House Review.

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Blastodisc | Porter House Review
I have only one desire: that some of my stolen eggs will be used to make commercial mayonnaise.
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January 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
During the pandemic I worked out the optimal search parameters for discovering Zillow time capsules.
December 5, 2024 at 9:02 PM
An anti-Stratfordian DM'd me on Twitter today. Might be a sign. Time to make the switch?
November 15, 2024 at 8:28 PM
For years, I've had this strange memory that flashes up in my mind's eye now and then. I was inside Google. And Zizek was there. I thought maybe it was something I had dreamed...
October 2, 2024 at 10:36 PM