The West | JOYLAND PUBLISHING

Bitterroot

Michael R. Schrimper -

The wilderness, in western Montana. Miles and miles of pines. Night-time. A stony beach. A river. On the beach, a fire, with bright orange...

Happy Jack

Shelby Kinney-Lang -

When it was too much to be alone, and when dreams of my father stormed my mind; when I felt the hot guilt of...

The Whipping

Christine Kwon -

Though Connie had been living in Budapest for two years now, she had not been to all the baths. She alternated between three that...

Before 32 (or I, Céline)

Maryam Kazeem -

Like clockwork, it comes up. It seems like we’re designed to be slightly dissatisfied with everything, she says. They’re sitting outside at a street café in...

Where the Women Go

Chelsey Grasso -

Bryan is not my boyfriend. He is a fifty-six-year-old man who pays to use my body. He sits on the edge of the bed...

A Woman’s Life, in 10 Scenes

Juhea Kim -

1. The first time Celeste understood the word “black” was when she saw him idling by his horse outside the race track. People thought that out...

Lorraine

Marco Lean -

Lorraine’s listening. Is that rustling? Lorraine opens her mouth to breathe with stillness; her full aloof lips slightly apart—a louvre for the quiet air. Lorraine breathes the camouflaged...

The Villagers

Kieran Mundy -

During the first game, I was a villager. My boyfriend’s little brother was a werewolf. When he found me hiding in...

Last to Know

Kristen Millares Young -

I You were never the only one. The way I figured, the others were too young to count. You...

Incredible Empathy

Thomas Renjilian -

I. Lucas started losing hair on his twenty-third birthday. He woke to dark spirals...