Short Story

Roadrunning

Emma Smith-Stevens -

We were always uneasy in the old place, a trailer we stayed in on the half-acre behind my boss’ house. There was almost always...

Lisbon

Nicole Chin -

I have ten seconds. Or at least that’s what it seems like. I reach for my backpack, but it's far off on the other...

There Once Was a Man Who Longed For a Child

Micah Perks -

After his wife died in childbirth, the man raised his daughter up until the September she left for college. That October, the man sorted...

You Said “Always”

Ester Bloom -

“People don’t save people, Annie,” he says. It is the morning after and Alex is being gentle but firm with me, like he has...

Niagara Motel

Ashley Little -

I was born in a laundromat in Paris, Ontario. If you knew Gina you wouldn’t think it was that weird. Gina is my mother....

The All-Mutant Soccer Team

Meagan Cass -

The kids we play from downstate like to say it’s inbreeding, the reason our skin is neon green, our teeth blue, our hands like...

Important Things In Miniature

Andrew MacDonald -

He came to the conclusion that the primary difference between what he did and what the Nazis did in the death camps was that...

Regular Old You

Karen Parkman -

Annie realizes while she and her boyfriend, Adam, are Christmas shopping that lately she doesn’t enjoy his company very much unless they are both...

The Tender Knife

Scott Dominic Carpenter -

Occasionally, Joyland's Midwest section highlights great small presses based in the Midwest. This story is part of the collection This Jealous Earth published by MG...

Loving the Dog

Stephanie Devine -

A few days ago, my husband read an article about a dog’s birthday party. Now he wants to have a party for our dog,...