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

Books

A true Christmas Story

           In our town, Christmas in particular sparked an informal and good-natured competition for best window decoration and none were rarely better than the effort put forth by our local hardware store and Charlie Fedderson.  Charlie ruled the hardware store like […]

A true Christmas Story

           In our town, Christmas in particular sparked an informal and good-natured competition for best window decoration and none were rarely better than the effort put forth by our local hardware store and Charlie Fedderson.  Charlie ruled the hardware store like […]

A Christmas Story

      In our town, Christmas in particular sparked an informal and good-natured competition for best window decoration and none were rarely better than the effort put forth by our local hardware store and Charlie Fedderson.  Charlie ruled the hardware store like a […]

A Christmas Story

            In our town, Christmas in particular sparked an informal and good-natured competition for best window decoration and none were rarely better than the effort put forth by our local hardware store and Charlie Fedderson.  Charlie ruled the hardware store like a […]

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 […]

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 […]