Regions | JOYLAND

Waves

Gina Nutt -

I look up online inventory for a record shop three minutes from my front door, a bar and Bad Religion. I look up a...

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...

Sound Check

Adrian De Leon -

If you find eavesdropping a delicious pastime, become an audio engineer. The best gigs make you feel like an intrepid anthropologist. With a serious grimace,...

Tender Heart: an excerpt

Joyland Magazine -

Florida 1996 My dad wanted to call me Paloma, but my mom couldn’t get the Texas twang out...

Jesus vs. The Creature from the Black Lagoon

Travis Dahlke -

This bonfire beach party situation was where they summoned him. Where a great, swift violence came and took us. All you...

Balloon Killer

Kelly Shriver Kolln -

Patti’s ex-husband, Brad, hired a balloon artist for the eighth birthday party of their son, Mason, knowing full well that Patti...

Regarding Local Skatepark Man, the Red-Haired Woman, and All They Have Hitherto Provoked within Me

Jeremy Klemin -

Late 2’s; early 3’s. By the time it’s all over it’s close to 3:30 A.M. I know this because my phone records the time...

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...

Harold

Michael Melgaard -

Harold bounced his van up onto the curb and tapped the horn twice. Maggie, across the street at the bus stop, shook her head....

Ghamlet

Evgeniya Dame -

The reflecting pool trapped, in order of distance, apple trees, a single silvery-blue spruce, three spikes of the obelisk commemorating students and faculty fallen in the...