Consulate | JOYLAND

The Sky Turned Black

Dan Schwartz -

And I wish it would again, but it has been twenty-one days so far and nothing has changed. People have been going about their...

This Is Only a Test

Michael Turner -

Though it was never his intention, drugs had made him a wealthy man. When he was younger, he wanted to...

Evening Meal, Streambed, Bicycle

Gary Barwin -

THE EVENING MEAL My father rolled up our house and walked into the forest. When he arrived at the world’s edge, he turned, pulled up...

Swimmers

Alex Leslie -

He falls asleep on a beach in the city’s elbow and night blows newspapers over him. In...

The Song of Sasquatch

Jerome Stueart -

1. Beloved: My lover pursues me through the thicket with an ardent desire of leaves opening to the sun. He leaves no footprint I give him untouched....

When You’re Gone

Rhonda Waterfall -

Patty boards the train in Calgary on her way back home to Vancouver and takes a seat near the window. Other passengers heft their...

Hexbreaker

Rob Benvie -

Mere days before my brother-in-law Richie was shipped off to southern Afghanistan, and seven months before the LAV III he and two fellow light...

Leisure

Evie Christie -

“Do you want to fuck?” “Hmm?” “Anymore?” “Of course.” Like everyone else, dismal poverty and ruthlessly wonderful lovers could characterize your early twenties. Never will so many people...

The Soother

Elyse Friedman -

Irma unfastened the plastic clip on her nursing bra and brought a hard brown nipple to Lucas’s mouth. He latched on and sucked greedily....

The Stockholm Syndrome

Cathy Stonehouse -

One Tuesday, Susan locked the dog in the basement. She thought it was time she did something for herself. She went down twice a...