The Northeast | JOYLAND

Vermillion

Haolun Xu -

He did not feel particularly talented when it came to love. In fact, Henry's aptitude for anything, including studies at his college, showed little...

The Big One

Dolan Morgan -

Airhorn alarms were already blaring from telephone poles when I pulled into the driveway for my first delivery of the day. Pad Thai, Drunken...

This Again

Sam Eichner -

All that fall, we made a habit of entertaining hypotheticals about our eventual demise. Typically it was after a night out, with the liquor...

Blunt Force

Lynn Steger Strong -

There had been a string of blunt force beatings in the neighborhood to which we’d just moved and though no one had died, though...

Lazarus Woman

Tega Oghenechovwen -

I The secret to letting your dead sister know you miss her is simple. Never let go of the grief. Look for her in strangers....

First Light

Andrew Palmer -

The First Light Fishway sat just upriver of a hundred-foot-tall hydroelectric dam. It consisted of a small brick open-air shelter and an underground viewing...

NETRATĀ

Mila Jaroniec -

for Gian The door to the house resists me. It squeaks, not as much as it used to, but not because someone fixed it. Things...

Disembarking

Andrea Ruggirello -

This was the summer before 9/11. They still let cars on the Staten Island ferry back then. Forty-two at a time. It was my...

The Bartender’s Cure: An Excerpt

Wesley Straton -

The following is an excerpt from the novel The Bartender's Cure by Wesley Straton. The Bartender's Cure is available now from Flatiron Books. You’ve seen bars like this....

What Came First

Hannah Kingsley-Ma -

Thomas noticed the boa constrictor draped along a stretch of brick wall. It was lying there festively, like a stretch of holly. He prodded...