P.O.V.

There is Nothing Pure

A fastidious editor's night at the symphony is ruined by chaos.

Feb 3 • Jeff Sykes

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Revolutionary Love!

Author’s note: This is the opening chapter to Book 2 of my upcoming Greensboro trilogy. I expect to publish it in the Fall of 2026.

Feb 1 • Jeff Sykes

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June 2025

Cooper Tucker's Jaunt

He tried to pull away, to form a thought in defense of himself, but the thought was the defense, and it imploded. There was no moral high ground here…

Jun 20, 2025 • Jeff Sykes

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Speedwell

I don’t miss Stephen. That word’s too soft. What I feel now is more like hunger with no object. Not for him, but for the girl who made the world bend…

Jun 18, 2025 • Jeff Sykes

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May 2025

Apostle Automation

First time I met him he called me “professor” and asked if I was one of those liberals who doesn’t believe in Hell. When I told him I used to write…

May 29, 2025 • Jeff Sykes

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The Cloud and Her Mixed

Anxiety ran wild as Kyleena Bradley pulled into the gravel drive of Johnson’s Farm trailer park off Wayehutta Road.

May 2, 2025 • Jeff Sykes

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October 2024

The evolution of "Touch Your Defenses"

The inside story of one writer's early development

Oct 9, 2024 • Jeff Sykes

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July 2024

Knowledge Won't Begin

There’s a male piedmont archetype in North Carolina that’s cooler than Gomer Pyle and more corrupt than Andy Griffith.

Jul 31, 2024 • Jeff Sykes

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In A World Gone Mad

7 November 2020

Jul 17, 2024 • Jeff Sykes

Echoes of Mercy

A scoundrel finds redemption when he breaks into a church.

Jul 11, 2024 • Jeff Sykes

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May 2024

The march to union: Taylor Brown tackles the Battle of Blair Mountain in "Rednecks"

Brown closes in on literary greatness with a compelling historical novel

May 27, 2024 • Jeff Sykes

April 2024

Episode 1: Dana Spiotta and Tayari Jones

Introducing Model Citizen

Apr 9, 2024 • Jeff Sykes

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