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Enlightened

Robin Terrell -

I expected no one. The door buzzer startled me. No one knew I was here, except the women, and the friend who’d lent me...

Odds

Keri Bertino -

Naturally, when Lisa told me she was pregnant I wanted her to get tested, to find out our chances of producing a kid who'll...

Baba Smallpox

Eleanor Stern -

“There’s no way I’m letting Baba Smallpox get to you.” “But she isn’t gonna get me.” “Not if I’ve got anything to do with it.” I cracked...

Mr. Bananaman

Kyle Seibel -

“I’m looking for some friendly faces,” he says, popping the lid off his coffee and blowing on it. “Some students—former students, only the brightest...

The One With the Multiverse

Josh Riedel -

Mark wasn’t thrilled to return to Webster, the copy-and-paste town west of St. Louis where he’d grown up. The town was cluttered with the...

Today’s Problems

Sara Jaffe -

It started this morning before we got out the door, when my baby ran up the stairs and said he wouldn’t go to school....

Love Calls You by Your Name

Trey Sager -

I got to the producer’s house around nine. It was dark inside, much too hot for a cocktail party. I’d left my pills in...

Pledge, Prayers

Kayla Jean Murphy -

You can make your own glass cleaner. Most people know this, maybe, but I didn’t until a few months ago. There are a variety...

A Note on Asking the Internet for Marriage Advice

Katiy Heath -

Is It Normal to Hate Your Husband? Oprah says that the answer may surprise you. Hating Your Spouse Isn't the Red Flag You Think It...

Love Hurts

Brittany Newell -

"Love Hurts" by Brittany Newell was selected by the editors at Joyland magazine as a finalist in the 2022 Open Border Fiction Prize. It was both...