Young Sheldon Room Tone / New England Review

Check out “Young Sheldon Room Tone” by Nick Mandernach in NER’s latest (2,400 words). It’s a bold, moving, and terrifyingly funny peek inside the mind of a devasted young father. The story’s staccato tone and occasional non-rejoinders keep you right there at the tip of its unnamed protagonist’s tongue, at the front of his fracturing mind.

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New England Review “gives readers a vital snapshot of the literary moment, four times a year, in its richness, complexity, and diversity.” They “publish fiction in a variety of shapes and styles—some renovating old forms and others inventing new forms altogether.”

They “believe writing that embraces ‘difficulty’—be it formal, conceptual, or linguistic—nurtures our democracy.”

Huzzah to all that.

NER will be open for submissions from 3/1 through 5/1, and 9/1 through 11/1 according to their website, but they may close early if they hit their allotted number.

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