Nicole Jeffords is an Austin-based writer and artist focused on people, politics and culture.

I have had two careers, one as a portrait painter, and one as a fiction writer.

I love to write, love the feeling it gives my brain. And here's the deal: the words seem to come from outside of me, waiting to be downloaded. I wait and listen. As soon as I hear them, they seem to run from my brain to my fingers… and there I go.

Please browse through the vast collection of serialized and short stories here on my website, their first stop before making their way further out into the world, and read those that call to you.

Most Recent Short Fiction

The Biggest Lie

Michelle never expected a casual search on a genealogy site to unearth anything more than names and dates. But as she begins to trace the final steps of a woman who was both mother and mystery, what she finds leads deeper into the shadows of her own past. This is a story about silence, survival, and the truths we’re left to live with when no one is left to tell them.

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