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Let’s Make the Void a Better Place

Malcolm Sutton -

• F had already turned a quarter of his apartment into the gallery he called We Left the Warm Stable and Entered the Latex Void. This title...

The Return

Naben Ruthnum -

Congratulations to former Joyland contributor Naben Ruthnum, who won the Writers' Trust of Canada $10,000 Journey Prize this week. Here is his most recent story...

Sketch Artist, Boxer, Party Planner, Baker

Sam Shelstad -

On a Greyhound chugging westwards, squeezed up against the window by the flabby arm of a sleeping farm boy, Doug Sachs struggled against the...

Clear Skies

Lynn Coady -

Lynn Coady's most recent books are The Antagonist and the collection Hellgoing, which won the 2013 $50,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize. "Clear Skies" was the...

The Boy Through the Window

Sofia Mostaghimi -

Although they have trouble burying the bodies because the ground is frozen, I pictured it as a beautiful thing: pale and naked, lined up...

Broken Notes

Yejide Kilanko -

During an unguarded moment, she’d wondered what it would be like to live with a man. Dawn to dusk, day after day, the presumption...

May We Be Worthy of the Favor Bestowed Upon Our Ancestors

Adam Sol -

All through my growing up, whenever the family got together, at some random point during the celebration only he could predict, my uncle Peter...

The Things They Said

Kelli Deeth -

Kelli Deeth's new collection of short fiction, The Other Side of Youth, is available now from Arsenal Pulp Press. This story was originally published...

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...