Fiction

Love Hurts

Brittany Newell -

"Love Hurts" by Brittany Newell was selected by the editors at Joyland magazine as a finalist in the 2022 Open Border Fiction Prize. It was both...

It’s Good For You Because It Comes Out Of Your Own Body

Mariah Kreutter -

The first time I went to the clinic it was dark out. The first time I went to the clinic my sister thought I was...

Modern Science

Felix Lecocq -

The miracles are brought to the zoo in three black crates held aloft by three forklifts. The crates are settled on a patch of...

Trapunto

Callum Angus -

The first injection I ever did was in a sheep’s rump. A friend of my mother’s had a flock whose wool she sheared and...

The Trip

Jiaqi Kang -

"The Trip” by Jiaqi Kang was selected by the editors at Joyland magazine as a finalist in the 2022 Open Border Fiction Prize. “ it feels...

A Forest Fire

Li Sian Goh -

"A Forest Fire" by Li Sian Goh was selected by the editors at Joyland magazine as a finalist in the 2022 Open Border Fiction...

Polysomnography

Karen Gu -

“Polysomnography” was selected by Alexandra Kleeman as the runner-up of the 2022 Open Border Fiction Prize. It’s been a long time since I’ve had a...

Slow Clap

Amy Zhang -

"Slow Clap" was selected by Alexandra Kleeman as the winner of the 2022 Open Border Fiction Prize. If you went macro, like way macro,...

Reappraisal

Claudia Ross -

There were four tall men sent to complete the reappraisal. One of them, Devin, was the lawyer—we’d met before, five years ago, at the...

Black Ribbons, Black Water, Black Sky

Piper Gourley -

A week after Jack’s decapitation, Peter drove Jack’s old truck through the San Fernando Valley and straight into the Los Angeles River. Jack’s truck...