by TNSF | Feb 26, 2020 | Nonfiction, Vol. 3, Issue 7
He’s benevolent. He’s right. No, righteous. He tells Melanie her beautiful son with the bright red curls and pink cheeks—the newest parishioner—is the cutest thing he’s ever seen. He shakes hands. He shakes his wife until her teeth crack together. He tells us, “In...
by TNSF | Feb 17, 2020 | SFK Releases, Wherey'at?
An excerpt from “You Are Needed Everywhere,” in Yong Takahashi’s collection The Escape to Candyland: “I have decided to name the baby Amora,” I say. “Amora?” she asks. “Is that Spanish?” “Yes, it means ‘love’.” My lip trembles and I look up from her...
by TNSF | Feb 14, 2020 | SFK Releases, Wherey'at?
“The Escape to Candyland covers the everyday extraordinary with characters whose struggles and small victories are authentic. Not to be missed!” —Melanie Faith, author of In a Flash! Writing & Publishing Dynamic Flash Prose “Takahashi captures a mood,...
by TNSF | Feb 7, 2020 | SFK Releases, Wherey'at?
In this debut collection of short fiction, secrets, all-embracing conversations, dreams, disappointments, and familial conflict provide a never-before-seen portrait of the city of Atlanta. What is the message hidden behind a polite smile? In Yong Takahashi’s Atlanta,...
by TNSF | Dec 4, 2019 | Poems, Vol. 3, Issue 1
concrete sidewalks cut through suburbs that dial 911, call ma’am, what’s your emergency? there’s a man outside, praying I think, he’s not from here, he’s not from here—branched streets of three-story houses and flat screen TVs, asbestos walls beyond,...
