Melissa Crandall
Nonfiction, Memoir, Fabulist Fiction & Poetry
People Say the Nicest Things
“Melissa Crandall re-imagines the fairytale form with a crystallized darkness that is both chilling and illuminating.” — N.M. Kelby, The Constant Act of being a Writer; Murder at the Bad Girls’ Bar and Grill
“… particularly skilled at creating suspense …” — Janelle Elyse Kihlstrom, Editor, “Melusine or Women in the 21st Century”
“Crandall has a beautiful and chilling way with words.” — Bibliophilic Book Blog
“…well-written, well-presented, and blissfully original.” — John Valeri, Hartford Books Examiner
A Bit About Me
If you’re guessing that’s elephant dung in my hands, you’re right! How it came to be there is another story. I’m blessed to work in a variety of areas including poetry, speculative and fabulist fiction, and essays on such diverse topics as therapeutic horseback…
The Words
ELEPHANT SPEAK: A Devoted Keeper’s Life Among the Herd Ooligan Press, March 2020 “You can MAKE an elephant do one of two things: run away or kill you. But you can GET an elephant to do a number of amazing things.” ELEPHANT SPEAK chronicles 30…
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