A Short Personal Memoir by Luke Nelson 12/1/21 A thick fog hangs over the tree-laden hills and clings to the grass fields. I can see my grandfather, “Pa,” within the haze. He is nothing more than a silhouette of a man. The fog is dark and menacing but in a beautiful sort of way, thoughContinue reading “A Real Man”
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In a Sentimental Mood
A short story by Luke Nelson Jack: Gisborne, New Zealand, 1977 Jack stood right at the spot where his mother had shot herself. He looked for spots of blood in the golden sunlight leaking through the windows, but could not see any. He wondered what it would have felt like to be his father, comingContinue reading “In a Sentimental Mood”