Hewn

Chapbook touching on themes of queerness, polyamory, and love in Appalachia. Workhorse Press, 2021.  https://workhorsewriters.com/shop/helton_hewn/

Inertia: A Study

Chapbook about the death of a father. Finishing Line Press, 2016. https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/inertia-a-study-by-melissa-helton/

Shenandoah

"Aspect Ratio of a Body" and "To My Girlfriend's Garden."

https://shenandoahliterary.org/711/aspect-ratio-of-a-body/

​https://shenandoahliterary.org/711/to-my-girlfriends-garden/

Appalachian Journal

"How to Make Your Evening Tea" Vol. 49 No. 3-4, 

"Christmas Eve 2021, Santa Rosa Beach, Florida" Vol. 50 No. 1-2

Anthology of Appalachian Writers

"The Alcoholic Uncle Stops by for Easter," and "The One Who Cannot Remember Marries the One Who Cannot Forget" Volume VIII (chosen by Nikki Giovanni)

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"To the Kids at the Park Debating My Kid's Gender" Volume XIII (chosen by Dorothy Allison)

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"If My Momma Remembers" Volume XV (chosen by Barbara Kingsolver)