The South | JOYLAND

Certainty

Sarah Edwards -

Late one night, many years ago, a girl wearing tiny jean shorts and a daisy crown knocked on our door. We heard Daddy’s heavy...

Boy Mom

Andrea Harper -

The air out here is dry and thin, and when the wind picks up, sharp little parts of earth scatter around, looking for the...

is any1 a christian????

Emma Ensley -

It seemed like everyone in Tess’s tiny town was obsessed with God. All of the kids in her middle school were in the same...

Another Opening

Chase Burke -

Dad was dead, that’s the start. The story is this: My brother James and I were visiting our falling-apart father at his home in Birmingham, Alabama,...

Mine

Shannon Ratliff -

June 2016 When your lover leaves you and you slide down the tilted tiled shower wall, know that you weren’t the first to do so....

A Late Arrival

Travis Eisenbise -

The circus was coming to Chattanooga, just an hour’s drive away, and Bonnie decided to go. She saw the ad on Facebook while her...

Polyptych for Vic

Nathan Dragon -

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Lexapro

Drew Buxton -

We did the photo shoot outside the Austin OCD Center. The staff took pictures of me and Scott. They took pictures of us sitting...

All This Could Be Yours

Rodrigo Duran -

My mom and I were driving to church when we came upon a dead raccoon on the side of the road. I don’t know...

The Confluence of Birds, Language, and Mammals

Mildred K Barya -

The Confluence of Birds, Language, and Mammals 1 Hummingbirds are my favorite. I love their iridescent plumage, but I think I’d be a mockingbird were I...