Vol. 1, Issue 50

“Our words, too, are becoming incomplete; we are afraid / one of us will finally voice the question.”

— “The Neutron Bomb, Afterward,” Brad Aaron Modlin,

Get Wrecked with ‘American Judas’ in Atlanta! | News

by TNSF | Oct 24, 2018 | Vol. 1, Issue 50, Wherey'at?

Get Wrecked with ‘American Judas’ in Atlanta! A Cappella Books presents Writers at the Wrecking Bar, a series of live author interview events showcasing some of the country’s freshest voices in literary and contemporary fiction, presented each month at our...

Everyone at This Party Has Two Names | Book Review

by TNSF | Oct 24, 2018 | Reviews, Vol. 1, Issue 50

Book Review Everyone at This Party Has Two Names (Poems) by Brad Aaron Modlin Southeast Missouri State University Press, 2016 88 pp., $14.00 As its title suggests, Brad Aaron Modlin’s debut collection (winner of the Cowles Poetry Book Prize) wrestles with the...

The Monster of Lake Van Buren: Part 4 | Fiction

by TNSF | Oct 24, 2018 | Stories, Vol. 1, Issue 50

***Read Part 1 ***Read Part 2 ***Read Part 3 Part 4: A Dark Blip When we reemerged from the barn, a man in an unkempt gray beard greeted us. He wore an old sailor’s cap and had a dark blue raincoat that was flailing violently. I looked up to the dark gray sky...

Frothing Ore | Visual Art

by TNSF | Oct 24, 2018 | Visual Art, Vol. 1, Issue 50

Frothing Ore This ceramic mask is one in a series of pieces titled “Nature Strikes Back.” Each piece shows the human form being taken over by a different aspect of nature. “Frothing Ore” depicts a face that is being consumed by a...