JEFF SOUTH

Word of the day: Vault Her heart is a vault Concrete, steel reinforced walls Impenetrable Her heart is a safe Guarded, secure, locked up...

Word of the Day: Snake I grew up in a small valley surrounded by woods. Our little house sat down about a mile and a half of dirt road....

30. "Lonesome Loser," Little River Band The hallways were splattered one day with fliers, which was nothing new per se. Fliers filled the...

Missouri Route 53 is a two-lane state highway that connects to the southeast corner of Poplar Bluff and winds through some cotton and...

40. "Sara," Fleetwood Mac I rode the bus to school every morning and most afternoons. Not exactly my preferred mode of transportation....

50. "Refugee," Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Elementary school lunch was simple, manageable. I joined my friends, opened my lunchbox,...

60. "Fire Lake," Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band Monday mornings at school were spent catching up on the weekend's activities. Some...

70. "Daydream Believer," Anne Murray I was a daydreamer. The imaginary world held more interest to me than reality, which seemed overly...

80. "When I'm With You I'm Born Again," Billy Preston & Syreeta The details of the exact moment I decided to express my feeling for Molly...

90. "Here Comes My Girl," Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers I found my 7th grade yearbook to search old photos, reminisce a little, get ideas...

I started junior high in the fall of 1979. The average American income was $17,500. A gallon of gas was 86 cents and a new home would run...

Later this year, COVID-19 willing, my high school graduation class will celebrate its 35th anniversary reunion. My hope is to attend this...

I've been working on the sequel to Kilroy Was Here for about three years now. Progress comes in fits and starts. I've produced quite a...

On Thursday, February 20th, I consumed the finale of Breaking Bad, one of the most brilliant episodic series in the history of...

You might be wondering how things are going on the writing front. Well, I couldn't even think of a title for this post. January 6th was...

1. The Nice Guys (2016) In a decade filled with sequels, reboots, revisits, revisions, reimaginings, and big screen adaptations of TV...

2. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) Mad Max: Fury Road doesn't ease us back into Max Rockatansy's post-apocalyptic world. It throws us into its...

3. Get Out (2017) Maybe its a reflection of the political and social climate of the last 10 years. Maybe its a growing dread of my own...

4. La La Land (2016) Musicals are a cinematic universe all their own. An agreed upon language exists in this world where characters...

5. A Quiet Place (2018) There must be a monster movie. Some of my favorite movies are the ones that transcend their genre and become...