Short Stories
Loose Change
A Life in Moments. Short stories about ordinary lives and the moments that become the ones we remember.
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Neil Thompson · Southern Writer
Stories worth staying for.
Southern fiction about ordinary people, family, memory, loss, humor, and the moments that can change a life.
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Books by Neil Thompson
Novels and stories from the South.
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Southern Historical Fiction
The Book of Lila
The fire. Abe Williams. A mother's love. A war that changed them all. A story of loss, loyalty, family, and a past that refuses to stay buried.
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Short Stories
A Book of Water
Stories of the ebbs and flows of life. A collection shaped by deep water, clear pools, running rivers, bubbling springs, old wells, and the places where lives meet.
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About the author
Neil Thompson
Neil Thompson is an Alabama writer of Southern fiction, novels, and short stories about ordinary people caught in the moments that matter most.
His work moves between humor and heartbreak, family and memory, and the quiet details of Southern life. He is the author of Loose Change, The Book of Lila, and A Book of Water.
NeilTWorks is the home of his books, stories, appearances, and the work still to come.
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