Jeff Keene II
Author
Jeff Keene II holds degrees in biology, chemistry, and linguistics. His writing path began when his high school teacher assigned him the task of creating an original screenplay. Twenty-five years later, that screenplay was published as a short story in a Long Island newsletter. But the writing bug really began when developing a textual criticism about a New Testament story in a master’s level seminary course in 2012. Since then, Jeff has had the undying urge to write about unnamed characters in the Bible who’ve met Jesus.
He has served as a volunteer firefighter where he suffered a line-of-duty injury resulting in the loss of his right foot below- the-knee, worked on a NOAA research vessel for 17-days at sea, and even applied to the NASA Teacher in Space program. He currently serves as a public school teacher.
Jeff lives with his wife, Andria, in Central Florida. They have two adult children.
Connect with Jeff online at:
peglegpenman.com
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From the Edge of the Marsh
Devotional
If these walls could talk…
Mush, wrinkled and tanned hide owner of 998 Scow Creek and legendary bayman, sat at the end of a Formica table. You know the ones. Green glittery flecks on an off-white background edged entirely in chrome. This one had seen better years and was probably a hand-me-down from someone’s grandparents. After listening for a time to the colorful conversation in the bay house, he remarked in his gravelly voice, “Hey, maybe we could make a movie here.”
From the Edge of the Marsh recalls the heyday of the bay houses when hundreds stretched across the town, owned by baymen, “water rats,” and recreational fishermen and their families. Jeff Keene’s personal memoir is a testament to the local knowledge bay house owners inherited from previous generations of baymen and bay house owners. In many ways, Keene introduces us to the cultural traditions of this unique group-stories and practices passed down from generation to generation.
Biblical Fiction by Jeff Keene II
Pericope
a novel of an adultress
Pericope tore her gaze from that hallowed place. Guilt gnawed within her. Self-loathing banished her moment of peace. She knew what she was in the eyes of the law and in the eyes of God.
She was an adultress.
Yamin
a novel of a demoniac
Yamin ran until he found the nook in the wall where he spent his first night in the city. He plopped onto the ground, curled up, and wept.
“What is wrong with me? Am I going mad?”
The voice answered him. “Yes, you are.”
Non-fiction by Jeff Keene II
Under the Rainbow
a true story
With a market value exceeding $6,000,000 Dorothy’s ruby slippers are easily the most expensive prop in Hollywood history.
This is the true story of their recovery.
When the Other Boot Drops
stories of Triumph over Tramatic injury
Firefighters remember their initial training—how in every class or drill the instructors emphasized the dangers. Somehow, the risks seemed worth it then.
A baffling tale of illegal shenanigans along life’s real Yellow Brick Road, well told by Master Story Teller, Jeff Keene.