Nancey seeks to create work that breathes life into the extraordinary experiences of everyday Black folks in the rural South. Raised in Girard, Georgia, Nancey’s writing is deeply rooted in the rich soil of her upbringing, where folklore, land, and the rhythms of small-town life converge. Her fiction blends the surreal with the real, drawing inspiration from the Southern Gothic tradition and infusing it with elements of magical realism and Afrofuturism. At the heart of her stories are complex characters navigating beauty, mystery, and the ever-present tensions of life in the South.
With a gift for layering meaning and texture, Nancey crafts narratives that explore themes of duality, resilience, and wonder, reflecting a world where the mundane often masks the magical.
Below is a selection of her original short stories and soliloquies.
A grandfather shares a long-kept community secret with his granddaughter on her 12th birthday.
A grieving granddaughter seeks solace and guidance along the bank of the Savannah River.
An elder woman seeks to plant a magnolia tree before the end of her life.
A grandmother shares her frustrations with her granddaughter’s addiction to higher education.
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