Archived Serial Stories
Nicole Jeffords is an artist and writer focused on people, politics and culture. She is the author of a memoir, The World of Franyo, and the two-part fictional series, A Secret Grave, which are all available on Amazon as well as the writer of numerous stories published in various quarterlies and literary publications. Nicole regularly publishes fiction and nonfiction stories on this website, both in short and serialized form. As she publishes new works, older stories are archived here.
Love at First Sight
In the late sixties, a photographer showed up at our family home to photograph my parents’ art collection. From the balcony of our living room, I saw a slim, graceful man dancing around an art piece, his thick hair winged out from his head in chaotic waves. I hadn’t yet seen the man’s face, but already I was in love.
A Light in the Dark
The summer I was fifteen, I fell in love for the first time. The bliss of that experience was short lived and what followed was a dreary emotional desert that left me wondering what was the point of living when we are all just going to die.
A Wee Abortion in the Sixties
In 1963, when she was twenty years old, my sister had an abortion.