Fiction

Microcosm

Jeremy Hanson-Finger -

You and Sarah both live in the same direction and what she’s just said doesn’t change that. Jason and Gill have left already to...

Another Level of Knowing

Mary Krienke -

I know the stare of someone sleeping with their eyes open. My therapist has struggled to remain focused in my last few sessions. She’s...

The Hut

Katie Chase -

My mother thought the best way to teach me to be a woman was to teach me to be alone. The morning of my thirteenth...

Window Treatments

Ottessa Moshfegh -

The girl had an unusual talent. She could make noises with her mouth, like a door creaking open and slamming shut, or like an...

Walking the Moons

Jonathan Lethem -

Jonathan Lethem's new novel, Dissident Gardens, is available now. "Walking the Moons" appeared on Joyland during its first year. “Look,” says the mother of The...

Ms. Universe

Rebecca Rosenblum -

Baton went up into the blue sky, whipping around so fast it seemed to bend. Baton came down, the spin slowing just before seven...

Transcript: Appeal of the Sentence

Spencer Gordon -

A version of this story also appears in Cosmo, available now from Coach House Books. ...the sentence itself is a man-made object, not the one...

DaveWare

Mack Gelber -

I bought a 3D printer the other day. I’d been reading about them in magazines over the past year or so, watched videos of...

War of Attrition

Carleigh Baker -

My marriage is ending and it's my fault. In the other room, Andrew is snoring. I’m on the couch. Here is the buttery weight...

Tiger’s Got Teeth

Ethel Rohan -

Ethel Rohan's new collection of fiction, Goodnight Nobody, is now available for preorder from Queen's Ferry Press. Here's a repost of Rohan's 2011 Joyland...