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Bossa Nova

Sara Kachelman -

Four heterosexuals decided to carve a roast. They were Peg and her husband Pat and Fawn and Fawn’s husband Dick. The husbands had formed...

Boy Mom

Andrea Harper -

The air out here is dry and thin, and when the wind picks up, sharp little parts of earth scatter around, looking for the...

All I’ve Ever Wanted

Cameron Shenassa -

Roommates were going through a rebrand. No longer were they just companions for the lonely, the infirm, the elderly. Now, a Roommate was perfect...

To Molt and to Love You

Muriel Leung -

"To Molt and to Love" was selected by Joyland editors as a finalist in the 2021 Open Border Fiction Prize. When Shin thinks about...

The Immortal

David Aloi -

It struck Edward in the middle of his follow-up prostate exam—Dr. Beller’s gloved fingers searching his rectum like one might search for the perfect...

The Horowitz Compromise

Sofia Ergas Groopman -

I. Paul and I are arguing about the penis of our unborn son. “It’s genital mutilation!” he says to the open refrigerator, removes a large container...

is any1 a christian????

Emma Ensley -

It seemed like everyone in Tess’s tiny town was obsessed with God. All of the kids in her middle school were in the same...

Little Do the Fires Grow

J. Marcelo Borromeo -

Darren can hear the sound of footfalls in the next room. They must be his father’s—brisk, decisive. Every step comes down with the force...

What Will You Do Today to Transform Your Life?

Jacquelyn Stolos -

First Potato Did you know that the first potato ever grown in what would later become the United States of America was grown in...

Critique My

Kathleen Heil -

My friend Puma had an opening the other day for her solo exhibition at a gallery in Mitte, Berlin. It has become a kind...