The Northeast | JOYLAND PUBLISHING

John Manuel Arias -

I learned this ritual from my mother, and I’m sure she learned from hers. It’s just something...

Silvia Park -

We were ten when our brother Michael was lost then found. That night, our mother answered the phone and whispered to our father, Michael, as if...

David Gordon -

“The only thing I like better than bringing a beautiful woman to orgasm,” the minotaur told Kenneth, “is killing a cop.” He held up his...

Shelly Oria -

Helena takes out her sketch pad and I put a soft hand over the blank page ...

Gideon Jacobs -

In 2024, the unofficial first day of spring fell on the official...

Maura Roosevelt -

1979 The repeated, echoing bangs of the shutters during Hurricane Mattias, that violent, threatening...

Duncan Birmingham -

There’s an old saying in yellow journalism: Once you go tabloid, you never go back. Meaning you’ve blown your credibility and burned your bridge...

Dana Schwartz -

It looks like that hotel from The Shining, Rebecca thinks as they pull into the looping driveway of the Catskills resort. She opens the...

Lauren O'Neal -

Anna shoved clothes into the depths of her daughter’s suitcase as quickly as she could: fistfuls of...

Stephanie Jimenez -

When Lamia couldn’t be found on the tiny island of Atlantia, the people turned to the priest....