Jeff Nelson

Reasons I Write

I write to discover what I’m feeling and thinking. I write to see where it goes. I write to organize my thoughts before I speak. I write to tell stories. I write because I have something to say. I write to come up with something to say. I write in the hope that someone willContinue reading “Reasons I Write”

Grab

You arrived in the world, Naked, cold, wailing.Grabbed my fingerand held tightas dear life began. You would grabto safely cross the street,to pull me over to see something you made,to navigate the toy or cereal aisle,and when you would drift to sleep. Then I would grabto shake your handafter the lights on the field orContinue reading “Grab”

August 2026 Pop Culture Roundup

Books Orphan X by Gregg Hurwitz – A familiar trope of a man groomed from a young age in a secret assassin academy who eventually breaks away. Still, Hurwitz’s own spin on it is highly entertaining. Nowhere Man by Gregg Hurwitz – In fact, it was entertaining enough for me to read the sequel, whichContinue reading “August 2026 Pop Culture Roundup”