Stormm & Heron is the virtual home of writer Melanie Stormm and the place she stashes deep, emotional insights into true crime, music, culture, and identity.

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Melanie’s fiction can be found at such wildly fantastic places as File770, The sPECK, Beloit Fiction Journal, Candlemark & Gleam, Typehouse, JellyBucket, and so much more. She served as guest editor for a historic issue of Star*Line magazine, and pro temps editor at The sPECK.

She’s been at this for a long-ass time.

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