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Lou Schultz

Mimi Lipson -

When Lou Schultz got to the Avis desk at the Orlando airport, the compact car he’d reserved was not available, nor was there a...

A Craigslist Ad for a Mind-blowing Self-Actualization Party

Margaret Wappler -

"A Craigslist Ad for a Mind-blowing Self-Actualization Party" was first published in Joyland Retro Vol. 1 No. 1. Wappler is currently working on a...

The Hut

Katie Chase -

My mother thought the best way to teach me to be a woman was to teach me to be alone. The morning of my thirteenth...

Window Treatments

Ottessa Moshfegh -

The girl had an unusual talent. She could make noises with her mouth, like a door creaking open and slamming shut, or like an...

Entropy

Tamar Halpern -

Excerpted from the in-progress book RAD: a twisted memoir of a fierce teenage girl in 1982. Halpern’s latest film, with co-director Chris Quilty, is...

Algae You In My Dreams

Rachel Khong -

What I remember is, that same night, eating cabbage, raw, over the sink. Nate was working late again and Lucy was sleeping over at...

The Real Portlandia

Richard Melo -

Richard Melo's new novel, Happy Talk, is out this June from Red Lemonade. I was half out of my mind if not all the way....

Divestment

Helene Wecker -

Gerda Kohl, eighty years old, sat in the den of her house, surrounded by cardboard boxes. Her two daughters were fighting in the study...

The Pop-Up Restaurant

J. Ryan Stradal -

We admit it. Like almost all of you, we here at Spice Rack have never eaten at a restaurant called “The Pulitzer.” We’ve never tried what Food...

Blow the House Down & Other Stories

Peg Alford Pursell -

Blow the House Down “Blow the house down!” Tommy says. He’s in his pajamas, thin at the knees, too short. His ankles and wrists jut,...