Regions | JOYLAND

Feast

Dantiel W. Moniz -

There is only moonlight, a spill of it across Heath’s shoulders, illuminating how he lies on his side, turned from me. Above the curtain...

The Mongrels

Sean Gill -

A half-mile from the Canadian border I said, what are you going to do in Montreal, you idiot—panhandle? You don't speak French. What'll be different there?...

The Stage-Divers

Kevin Sampsell -

He was just turning fifty, newly divorced, and never felt comfortable anywhere. His ass started to ache while he sat at his desk at work....

A New England

Rodrigo Ribera d'Ebre -

The last time I saw Karen she was dolling herself up to go out with girlfriends. They were the type that backstabbed each other on...

The Rut

Amy Shearn -

How she came to be living as a human in a city with a man was how anyone came to be living as a human...

GOAT

Andrew F. Sullivan -

The boy gets drafted in June. Fifth round to Philly, fuckin’ Philly, boys, you believe that? He’ll be a saviour to that city. Old...

Tilly the Brokenhearted

Victoria Campbell -

Tilly and I order endless takeout. Chinese and Thai and pepperoni pizza. We eat with our fingers and blunted wooden sticks. Forks are too much...

Young in Niamey

Peter Gaff -

This all happened when Moustapha was young in Niamey, he’d just begun school, certainly he hadn’t finished more than one or two years. For months they’d...

Vanilla

Ruth Joffre -

We go to the beach house every summer, some combination of my mother, father, March, and me. March and my mother have been best friends...

Critical Phenomena

Joshua Roebke -

I was doubled over with my hands on my knees and I was panting, just after I had been fouled, when a man strode...