Vol. 3, Issue 21

“Both Thompson and Steadman become willing participants in the debauchery that ensued. Steadman’s frenetic drawings scream out like rotoscoped Goya canvases and give a sense of the depravity swirling around them. By the end of trip, he was left physically shaking and asking for water.

‘It’s the only thing they have that’s fit for human consumption,’ he pleaded.”

-Michael Ward, “Decadence and Depravity at 50: Revisiting Hunter S. Thompson’s Gonzo”

Human Dead Things | Fiction

by TNSF | Sep 9, 2020 | Stories, Vol. 3, Issue 21

She’s here again. An upper-crust dreamboat in heels. Her long blond hair like a ribbon flying behind her. Me, I like to slick my hair down and look like Twiggy minus the twigs. As I pull an earbud from my ear, I shut off the slicer and go to greet her. I know...

Decadence & Depravity at 50: Revisiting Thompson’s Gonzo | Nonfiction

by TNSF | Sep 9, 2020 | Nonfiction, Vol. 3, Issue 21

Fifty years ago this spring, Hunter S. Thompson wrote the article, “The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved,” and assumed it would be the end of his career. “I have no story,” he told his illustrator, Ralph Steadman, in the days after they left Louisville. The...

White Dog on the Road | Visual Art

by TNSF | Sep 9, 2020 | Visual Art, Vol. 3, Issue 21

“White Dog On The Road” is something of a testament to wanderers, for dogs and ourselves. Roads provide a way to escape, to discover. Maybe we are leaving some place for a different future or fate. Maybe we are going home. Roads are endless, much like...