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Hi, I'm Mike Nelson.

Fiction Author

I'm a retired physician who never thought he'd become a published author. I did so in the form of a crime novel trilogy under the name Michael Deeze and thought I was done. But I'm a proud father too and gladly joined my daughter Isabelle in starting a young adult fantasy series based on our travels when she was a young girl. I'm also a Vietnam veteran and have very much enjoyed this aspect of civilian life. Read More

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5 years of bliss

I remember many times in my life, both young and old, when my elders would attempt to impart wisdom upon me.  It usually came in different forms.  Occasionally, it came while they cradled an injured limb of mine.  “Trying to hurry causes […]

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Memories of Christmas

Aged in the mileage of life They place me in the comfortable chair in the corner. Present but only as wallpaper on this Christmas day. Out of the way, an observer of the vigor of their youth,             Safely beyond the chaos […]

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Readin’ and Writin’

                As the character, Barney Fife, Don Knotts once uttered some incredible wisdom.  When asked if he was afraid, he replied; “There’s nothin’ to fear but fear itself—and that’s what I got—fear itself!”  I’ve always thought that was a statement of profound […]

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Country roads

I drive down country roads, far from scheduled time and harried people.  The road, bordered by 3-strand barbed wire fence that defines pasture and contains the placid cattle that walk the same cow path that their predecessors walked, barn to pasture, pasture […]

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Recalling the Self

Recovering the Self          In many ways, my life has dictated the course of my writing.  I have held many occupations over my seventy-four years.  I have worked on six of the seven continents and visited all fifty states.  I’ve worked as […]

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The third book!

Annie Abbott is coming back! The third in the exciting series is due out in June. Mark your calendars! As a result of the last battle with the Unclean horde, Annie is in a coma. When the witches are able to wake […]

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Until the Light Fades

On the small front porch of the spavined house, the weathered chair groaned in protest as he leaned forward. Battered boots on weathered boards,  gnarled hands on bony knees.             Sightless and deadpan, he stares beyond the barn into the open fields […]

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Winter blues

It’s been an interesting last few months. I finished “The Deathbed Confessions” and looked around to see what was next. The answer was not nothing, it was ‘I don’t know’. I usually have a let down after I finish writing a book […]

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Fear Itself

       As the character, Barney Fife, Don Knotts once uttered some incredible wisdom.  When asked if he was afraid, he replied; “There’s nothin’ to fear but fear itself—and that’s what I got—fear itself!”  I’ve always thought that was a statement of profound […]

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The Deathbed Confessions

Coming soon Harry knows a lot of secrets. Secrets people need the answers to but Harry’s not talking. Not yet anyway.