The Mela Experience

 It's probably a bad sign if you're any kind of writer but feel that you can't put some of your feelings into words. So I record...

Hello and welcome. I started using the phrase "The Mela Experience" to describe some of the more ridiculous or bizarre moments in ...

 CHAPTER 5: WILD GIRLS ALWAYS SHINE Earlier Most of the students for the entry-level kids’ karate class had gone home. Naturally, t...

 CHAPTER 4: LIFE ON THE SHELF July 7, 1999 Seth wasn’t sure if he liked working the mid-week shift at the Triboro Mall United Artis...

 CHAPTER 3: SCRAPS January 14, 1999 Somehow, Val had managed to go two days without being spotted. She had never thought of herself...

CHAPTER 2: DUST YOURSELF OFF AND TRY AGAIN July 17, 1998 Val enjoyed her patrol time, even if it usually involved a headache and ma...

 CHAPTER 1: INTO THE WEEDS She made it about a week before her first attempt to leave, and after that, it was a little over two we...