The West | JOYLAND PUBLISHING

Jonestown, Japantown

Annie Dawid -

After reading the letter once, Truth called to her son, Cuffy, who was now six years old, in the next room. “Let’s take a...

Dev: A Tale of the Vietnam War

John Davidson -

Fort Dix was everything a modern Army post should be, self‑sufficient, self‑contained, a world unto itself beyond whose bounds a...

Vivisection

Marléne Zadig -

The first time I attended one of Salomé’s surgery salons, I recall I had a sunburn from lounging too long earlier that day in...

Tourists

Julia Glassman -

We’d been traveling so long that we lost track of which country we were in. It didn’t scare me at first. My husband and...

Rent

Hugh Behm-Steinberg -

Not long after we placed an ad for a new roommate, a wolf moved into our...

Neon Green

Margaret Wappler -

Excerpted from Margaret Wappler’s debut novel Neon Green, now available to buy from Unnamed Press here. It's...

Desiree

Linnie Greene -

I woke up on her couch, rain outside, wine still sloshing in my stomach, a dry mouth and my heart beating fast when she...

Triangle

Yxta Maya Murray -

To: undisclosed recipients From: Tricia Belter, M.A. Re: Triangle Date: April 12, 2016 One day, the artist Sanja Iveković performed a radical act of love. That is, she...

Before Security

Tom Pyun -

“Don’t come in here,” Wynn hollered from behind the stall door of the men’s bathroom at San Francisco International Airport. As he kneeled on...

Waterlines

Nikki Levine -

The block is quaint, polished, save the lake rats. Daphne and deergrass dot the walk and the yardcat’s front legs are short. She does...