The West | JOYLAND PUBLISHING

Josh Mak -

The girls were in the library stacks, shelving books, passing the time to get their work-study hours in. It was the closing shift; their...

Anita Felicelli -

In the morning, the Sarma family explored the Jaipur palace hotel grounds, Kai lagging a few paces behind his parents and little sister. As...

Emily McLaughlin -

Lucy booked a new commercial—Dr. Scholl’s and they would shoot her from the ankle down. I told her a foot on TV was better...

Ryan Sloan -

Finn edges into the old garage for another box of his mother’s things. She used to call this place The Shambles. The mid-afternoon sun...

Maxim Loskutoff -

When the earthquake hit, Doyle Hooper was out on the very tip of Cascade Head. The initial shock threw him to the ground and...

Susanna Kwan -

Recently, at a neighbor's memorial, I saw a young man in uniform press a button inside the barrel of his bugle, his white gloves...

Michael Chylinski -

I used to live alone before I knew you The cow dog is no more, and almost a year later now I grieve for him...

Andrew Mitin -

This is the first photograph the city has of Mr. Russell. As is the case with official portraits of first offenders, this one shows...

Simone Grant -

I put up with a lot of shit in my life, but this, this shit was not acceptable. Never ever has a man disrespected...

Tomas Moniz -

It starts with my morning routine. I shave and trim my mustache and eyebrows. I pat my belly and look at it from both...