Fiction | JOYLAND PUBLISHING

Cathryn Rose -

I’m in the restroom at the doggie daycare taking pictures of my ass. The window’s stuck cracked open and I got goosebumps from the...

Laura Green -

Trina’s business cards read: Madame Trinae, Hellseer. Her shop had a prime spot on the corner of Dauphine and Bienville, one block off Bourbon...

Hassaan Mirza -

The morning of July 15, 2016, when social media star Qandeel Baloch was found throttled to death in her parents’ house in Multan, I...

Cara Blue Adams -

The following is an excerpt from the short story collection You Never Get It Back by Cara Blue Adams. You Never Get It Back is available now from...

Candice Wuehle -

The Agent only managed my eyes, lower lid to supercilliary arch. A clause in our contract stipulated that the agreement could be rendered null...

Ann Russell -

The afternoon I flew into Chicago for Mother’s Day weekend, I found Mom hunched over her table, her face spackled with rouge. Before her,...

Craig Willse -

1. It all goes back to this party at Kevin’s. Kevin was short with dark pinprick eyes that made him look like a cartoon. We...

Vanessa Chan -

When you die, I become obsessed with recreating you. I walk endlessly through our town, to notable places in your life. I go to...

Jackson Saul -

Pretty soon, Petunia will have to cut everything that came before and pretend as if this were where life started, the time things began...

Vincent Chavez -

Erik used to get all trucha when we’d spend thirty minutes waiting for Teófimo to finish dealing dime bags to strawberry pickers down at...