Michael Jefferson

Joined July 2021

21 stories

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Michael Jefferson has been writing books, articles and scripts since he was 12. In 2017, his first novel, Horndog: Forty Years of Losing at the Dating Game was published by Maple Tree Productions.

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Little Bill and The Dead Man’s Hand
Ryan August waits patiently as the green, blue, and white gases coalesce into the form of a head. With turquoise skin, arched eyebrows, intense pitch-black eyes, and a pointed black beard, the Great Maker’s presence is both wise and fearsome.
By Michael Jefferson3 years ago in Fiction
I’m Just a Science Teacher, Not a Sheriff
Ellen Pas opens her door, trying to shoo away the drone as if it was a bug. The drone evades her attack, depositing a package on the lawn. Checking to see if it’s ticking, she brings it inside.
By Michael Jefferson3 years ago in Fiction
The Beast
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. I couldn’t hear our men scream, but I could see the terror on their faces as they were ejected from the airlock and shot into the abyss of space.
By Michael Jefferson3 years ago in Fiction
No Accident
The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window. Deputy Delvin Fontenot sees it. slamming on the brakes of his patrol car. A cloud of dust envelopes his vehicle, momentarily obscuring his vision.
By Michael Jefferson4 years ago in Fiction
Lucky Number 13
“Can’t wait ‘till we get to America,” Quincy Reid says. Quincy’s freckles and bright red hair make him look younger than his thirty-six years.
By Michael Jefferson4 years ago in Fiction
Crazy Joe
Cameron DuBois pauses at the door of Knutson’s, one of New York City’s many nondescript late-night neighborhood bars. He glances at the flashing sign above the door. The first and last three bulbs are blown out. The flashing sign now reads: “Nuts...”
By Michael Jefferson4 years ago in Fiction
The Real McCoy
Orlin Messina trudges past the patchwork shotgun shacks and weather-beaten businesses that confirm Panther Swamps, Louisiana is on the verge of extinction.
By Michael Jefferson4 years ago in Horror
SMOKEY AND THE SMILING GHOST
by Michael Jefferson Brenda Dykeman died a horrible death when she was twelve years old, but she never really left us because we saw her ghost every night.
By Michael Jefferson4 years ago in Fiction
Thor
by Michael Jefferson Brighton “Brighty” Johnson leans over the side of the trawler General Johnson, gazing at a group of bottlenose dolphins.
By Michael Jefferson4 years ago in Fiction

Michael Jefferson

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Little Bill and The Dead Man’s Hand

I’m Just a Science Teacher, Not a Sheriff

The Beast

No Accident

Lucky Number 13

Crazy Joe

The Real McCoy

SMOKEY AND THE SMILING GHOST

Thor

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