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
Stalker
When a captivating client vanishes, cosmetics clerk Rosie Garcia sets out to return the purchases she left behind. What begins as a harmless errand slips into something far more dangerous as curiosity hardens into obsession, and Rosie crosses the fragile line between watching and wanting. Some curiosities don’t fade… they attach themselves—and begin to stalk back.
Most Recent Nonfiction
The Fat Girl Marches on Selma
In the spring of 1965 when the problems in Selma erupted, my college friend, Audrey Lazlo, and I packed overnight bags and hopped on one of the buses leaving for the beleaguered city. Participating in the march on Selma, albeit mostly from the kitchen of a church in D.C., was one of the great distinctions of my life. Not only because race relations were high on my list of concerns, but also because soon after, Audrey disappeared for a month. We never found out exactly what happened, but this was a time when women lived in a climate of fear and suspicion when it came to women’s healthcare, something women feel in red states now, 60 years later.
Most Recent Political Story
Getting the Dirt
(A Tommy Duncan story)