Regions | JOYLAND

Somewhere Inside of Santiago

Santiago Jose Sanchez -

Santiago hadn’t hooked in over a year when he invited the man over on Christmas Day. He waited in the kitchen for the door to...

Ken Deed

Mark Keats -

The day that Ken Deed had to choose his future did not start out unusual. As he drove to work his usual way, the same...

In the Kitchen

Chaya Bhuvaneswar -

1. Adam’s mom warned him not to marry Renuka. His mother always surprised him with her capricious San Francisco Nob Hill politics, same sensibility that supported gay...

James Perse

Aaron Sunshine -

Josiah was never really that attracted to anyone, at least not in the way that he imagined “being really attracted to someone” felt. He imagined...

All The Secrets Of The Universe

Janet Frishberg -

Before I believed Sam could change my life with his hands and attention, before Aunt Linda’s funeral, before any of it, I was technically just...

The Guest

Jennie Melamed -

She arrives on May 26th. A Monday. After all the days on my real calendar were crossed off, I made myself a new one. Nothing fancy,...

Maybe in the Wintertime

Daisuke Shen -

We sat at the dinner table eating hot pot, one of the only things I was good at making. It’s impossible to fuck up. The...

Jacob’s Mother

Rachel Shalita -

Translated from the Hebrew by Yardenne Greenspan Jacob’s mother is in the best retirement home Jacob and his sister could find. We did our best, they...

Past Lives

Aysegul Savas -

My husband asked it first, one evening before going to bed. “Do you think we knew each other in our past life?” “No,” I said. “No,...

We Are the Time Travelers

Nancy Hightower -

L isten: Billy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time. Billy has gone to sleep a senile widower and awakened on his wedding day. He has walked...