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Shawn Vestal


Born
The United States
Genre
Literature & Fiction, Short Stories, Mormonism


Shawn Vestal is a columnist and reporter for The Spokesman-Review in Spokane and was raised in the Mormon faith. His stories have appeared in McSweeney's, Tin House, American Short Fiction, EcoTone, Best American Fantasy, and other places. ...more

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Godforsaken Idaho
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“I wondered what would happen to him, and what would happen to me. The world rolls on and on. We cannot imagine it without us, even as we dream of death.”
― Shawn Vestal, Godforsaken Idaho
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“FOR MOST OF MY LIFE I couldn’t have found Idaho on a map. I had no picture of the place in my mind, nothing like a California beach or a Texas oil field. Potato trees, is what I thought on the drive out. Rows”
― Shawn Vestal, Godforsaken Idaho: Stories
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“I'm nobody's motivational speaker, but if I've learned anything it's this: Always try to fuck someone you think won't fuck you. Just try. Chances are decent that you're overestimating their taste or intelligence.”
― Shawn Vestal, Godforsaken Idaho
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