Shawn M Vestal

In this stunning debut, Shawn Vestal transports us to the afterlife, the rugged northwest, and the early days of Mormonism. From “The First Several Hundred Years Following My Death,” an absurd, profound vision of a hellish heaven, to "Winter Elders," in which missionaries calmly and relentlessly pur...

AMERICAN SHORT FICTION Vol. 13, Issue 48Summer 2010Contents:Editor's Note Diviner by SHAWN VESTALThe Woolly Mammoth Carried Me Home by TED THOMPSONMy Sister's Babies by DAWN RYANLater by J. M. TYREEMadmen by LUCY CORINBackground information concerning contributing authors

Equally acclaimed for its beautiful design and its cutting-edge content, each issue of Tin House features a memorable mix of work by renowned contemporary writers alongside a new generation of talent poised to become important voices of the future. This issue features a wide variety of content: shor...