Nonfiction

All About the Context | Nonfiction

by TNSF | Feb 28, 2021 | Nonfiction, Vol. 4, Issue 4

My dad pulls his own teeth. I know, it sounds insane, doesn’t it? What kind of loony do you have to be to pull your own teeth? . . . And maybe it’s a bit of an inaccurate statement. In nature it sounds a little click-bait-y, but it’s mostly the truth. The statement...

Southerners Don’t Lie: We Tell Polite Stories | Nonfiction

by TNSF | Jan 1, 2021 | Nonfiction, Vol. 4, Issue 2

Most Southerners know that some questions should never be answered with pure honesty. Take the question, “Does this dress look good on me?” If we know that our dear friend has simply inherited genes from their daddy’s side, then we know that there’s not much to be...

Making Amends to 2020 | Nonfiction

by TNSF | Dec 1, 2020 | Nonfiction, Vol. 4, Issue 1

“No one knows what karma awaits us, But what we sow now will be reaped in lives to come; that is certain. So be kind to one and all And don’t be biased, Based upon illusions regarding gain and loss.” “The Mani Man” from The Snow...

Best of the Net 2020 Nominees | News

by TNSF | Nov 18, 2020 | Best of Volume 3, Nonfiction, Poems, Stories, Wherey'at?

The New Southern Fugitives is proud to announce our Best of the Net nominations for 2020! We nominated these pieces for Best of the Net back in October, but we wanted to wait until our “Best Of” issue to announce them alongside our Pushcart Prize nominees....

Pushcart Prize 2021 Nominees | News

by TNSF | Nov 18, 2020 | Best of Volume 3, Nonfiction, Poems, Stories, Wherey'at?

The New Southern Fugitives is excited to announce our Pushcart Prize Nominees for 2021!. About the Pushcart Prize: The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses series, published every year since 1976, is the most honored literary project in America. Since 1976,...

True in the Way it Needs to Be | Nonfiction

by TNSF | Nov 4, 2020 | Nonfiction, Vol. 3, Issue 25

I cast my first and only spell inside Sarah’s garage one night just as summer was cresting into fall. Actually, it was her parent’s garage and we both were only in Grand Rapids, our hometown, for the weekend. I hadn’t seen her in years, we were close in high school,...