Category: writing
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From the Editor: Father’s Day Heroism
Father’s Day deserves more hype. Dads play a crucial role in raising the next generation. They are expected to stand tall and teach boys how to be good men while also offering a soft hand to their daughters. Children look…
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“California Conquered What the Krauts Couldn’t” by Todd Anderson
Boot camp was a bitch in heat. The young man with interrupted college had matriculated enough units while at Rutgers, and more importantly, had stripped down and reassembled his M1 under immediate duress from his D.I. in impressive enough time…
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Writing Contest Entry Update
We’re less than a month away from the kickoff of our first annual summer writing contests. Writers should NOT SUBMIT their work until the entry dates are open. Each month focuses on a different writing art: June=Poetry July=Nonfiction August=Fiction Entry…
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From the Editor: My Little Someone (celebrating Mother’s Day)
American First Magazine wishes all of the moms out there a very Happy Mother’s Day! Raising children is an important job, and nothing compares to it. I found myself reflecting on this as I wrote a little something about what…
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When Fascism Comes to California, It Will Come in the Guise of Anti-Fascism by Todd Anderson
Orange shards of sparks flew upwards over the campus quad. This bonfire, like the many other college campus bonfires across California, raged. It melted media like candles: the books and DVDs, the CD-ROMs and plastic flash-drives, the unbound stacks of…
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19 Minutes by Michael E. Theroux with Artwork by Pamela Theroux-Hanief
Image © Pamelia Theroux-Hanief, NY 2023“… Let’s see if the world is still there…” and our bedroom TV world-window complies with an image straight out of Hollywood: smoke, uniforms everywhere, something about a 747 …Six or seven channel switches later,…
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On Guard by Michael E. Theroux
This, this animalNot for polite companyOld dog good teethPet at your own riskThen count your fingersLikes it rawFeeds aloneEven in a crowdAlways on dutySeen too lateNot for the lapSleeps eyes openStrikes without soundGrowls more than barksBarks and means itBut thenRemember…
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Summer Contest Info
American First Magazine is launching its first round of annual summer writing contests. Starting in June, conservative writers can compete for prizes in the poetry, nonfiction, and fiction category. Each month will highlight a different writing art. June=Poetry July=Nonfiction August=Fiction…
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The Duke of Six Thirteen by J. Rawley
(This is a true story. It happened in a large hospital in the capital city of a state on the east coast and the events transpired so many years (decades) ago, that I feel confident nearly everyone involved is dead.…
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Societal Decline by Michael Theroux
It is possible for a people to become ashamed of their own success. It is apparent that an entire race can tire of that process by which the strong rise, the weak fail and fade. Morality has interpreted Godliness to…
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