The South | JOYLAND

The Evaluation

Rhea Ramakrishnan -

When I leave the restaurant, I look at my phone and there’s a message from her. I don’t touch it. I put it back...

Baba Smallpox

Eleanor Stern -

“There’s no way I’m letting Baba Smallpox get to you.” “But she isn’t gonna get me.” “Not if I’ve got anything to do with it.” I cracked...

Pledge, Prayers

Kayla Jean Murphy -

You can make your own glass cleaner. Most people know this, maybe, but I didn’t until a few months ago. There are a variety...

Homecoming

Joshua Garcia -

At the age of thirty, you decide to go home because the circumstances of your life allow you to do so, and like everyone...

Vacancy

Andrea Jurjević -

The typing in the back room thundered pompously. I met Mona in this exchange office in St. Vitus eighteen months ago. I had just...

Friend Code

Sean James Fitzpatrick -

A bit ago I was reaching down the storm drain like a freak, checking over my shoulder but not because I was worried a...

All the King’s Men

travis tate -

Ludwig bathes in Badenburg Lake, on the eve of his nineteenth birthday. Sophie tends to picking flowers and momentarily glances at Ludwig’s naked body....

Why Are They Here?

Heather Hasselle -

For most of his life, Charlie had disbelieved in everything. He had never been religious, nor given into any sort of magical thinking. He...

Pride Bound

Micah Stack -

I didn’t want to hit up any Pride events, but I agreed to the parade because that’s what Patrick wanted; he was so hype...

Ampersand Jansen

Grey Wolfe LaJoie -

Ampersand Jansen was riding his horse through the pines. "Hit don't bover me nun," he said, "the way the winds lash at the leaves....