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The Fence

Richard Rosenbaum -

Congratulations to Richard Rosenbaum whose first collection of short stories, Things Don't Break, is now available from Tightrope Books. Joyland published a story from this collection...

Spying

Taylor Larsen -

With his notebook already open, Daniel scanned the yards in front of us for the most interesting thing to take note of. The air was...

At the Gates of the Kingdom

Stephen Tuttle -

The first door was taller than seemed necessary. It was eight feet, at least, but narrow. It was made of heavy, dark wood, and...

T-Rex

Susan Berman -

Veronica sits in the meager shade of a bush in the Van Nuys World War II Memorial Park. Her fellow contestants stand behind a portable...

Jack and Meg White in 2011 (An Alternate History)

Monica Pacheco -

Jack’s boy, Boy, was living at the Hotel Yorba. One of his admirers was footing the bill, though not Jack Meg gathered. It was the...

Eat Me When I Die

Maggie Su -

In the middle of my preserved rainforest, I watched a white-headed Capuchin monkey throw itself off the highest branches of one of the last...

The Impossible Self

Stephen Langlois -

“What happened was the transformer outside the house started shooting sparks,” says Frank like he already told me this and is wondering why he has to...

Half Abstraction, Half Object

Frank Montesonti -

The realtor’s feet were strange; her shoes looked like bricks. She clomped up each stair while telling them how her late-husband (bless-his-soul) rescued her...

Tides

Kirsten Kearse -

It starts at dinner one night. She’s been home with the children all day (because it is summer; and because they decided early on that...

We Wives

Christine Hennessey -

Every celebration starts the same. On the morning of the Fourth of July we close off the cul-de-sac with bright orange traffic cones, pull card...