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The Origin of Jaanvi

Mahak Jain -

As I usually do on the weekends, I went shopping at Costco after lunchtime, packing the trolley with diapers for newborns, though I had...

Combo Number 3

Duncan Birmingham -

Where are his eyebrows? I had prepared myself for gaunt and pale, sure. Maybe with a bandana like Campbell Scott in that horrible movie with...

Juventud

Vanessa Blakeslee -

Excerpted from the novel, Juventud, available now from Curbside Splendor here. The evening began politely enough. Having spent nearly every afternoon with Manuel for more...

Eternal Return

Jackson Burgess -

and there were kids inside the building after all, and when the car came barreling down the hill, they pressed their faces up against...

The Modern Intimate

Carleigh Baker -

Congratulations to Joyland's Vancouver Editor, Carleigh Baker, whose book Bad Endings recently won the Vancouver Book award and is a finalist...

The Vampire and Jesse Eisenberg

mj corey -

In college I wrote about the Female Vampire in Gothic Literature. Sadly, Twilight — that surreal era when Kristen Stewart pretended to be straight —...

Toast of New York

Rebecca Keith -

Thursday afternoons we volunteer at the senior center. It’s in a basement in the projects at the end of the block. It smells like...

Now We Must Speak in the Past Tense

Lee Matalone -

Sometimes the phone rings and when she goes to answer no one says nothing. Sometimes she’ll wait for five minutes on the line, listening....

Jesus Rides a Nuclear Warhead into My Nightmares

Todd Summar -

The scratchy tick of a clock echoed in the dark as people squirmed in their seats. The pews creaked under ample, corn-fed buttocks. The...

The Body Between

Ilana Masad -

John opened his eyes and saw that he wasn't alone in the room anymore. He caught the thought and ripped through it, scattering the...