Short Story | JOYLAND PUBLISHING

Heidi Diehl -

The Clint Ruby concert was in a basketball arena named after a bank, and even with our VIP passes, my wife and I had...

Zachary Kocanda -

I matched with her in the middle of a Psalm. My phone pinged with a new Tinder notification, but I didn’t read her message...

Austyn Wohlers -

Every afternoon she put on a sour face and tried to ignore the groups of girls laughing across the street, the hot birds singing...

Gracie Newman -

The petroleum truck honked at him again on the I-90. Impossible to say if the driver intended to be friendly or hostile. It had...

Cal Shook -

Her mother never showed for meets, so Helen was surprised when she heard her voice. During the relay. Cheering loudly from the stands. Helen...

Elvis Bego -

I wake in the night and know they’re coming to get me. Something had slammed, door’s been crowbarred open, Sara asleep next to me,...

Jessica Poon -

The first time he sees her he’s thinking about another woman. She wears a crewneck sweatshirt that suggests she’s been to Harvard’s School of...

Robin Terrell -

I expected no one. The door buzzer startled me. No one knew I was here, except the women, and the friend who’d lent me...

Keri Bertino -

Naturally, when Lisa told me she was pregnant I wanted her to get tested, to find out our chances of producing a kid who'll...

Eleanor Stern -

“There’s no way I’m letting Baba Smallpox get to you.” “But she isn’t gonna get me.” “Not if I’ve got anything to do with it.” I cracked...