The South | JOYLAND

The Love Clasp

Garrard Conley -

The land for hundreds of miles about the castle was flat. The king had not minded this fact until his wife, the queen, died....

Breathe

Cathryn Rose -

I’m in the restroom at the doggie daycare taking pictures of my ass. The window’s stuck cracked open and I got goosebumps from the...

Hellseer

Laura Green -

Trina’s business cards read: Madame Trinae, Hellseer. Her shop had a prime spot on the corner of Dauphine and Bienville, one block off Bourbon...

Leaving the Landfill

Jackson Saul -

Pretty soon, Petunia will have to cut everything that came before and pretend as if this were where life started, the time things began...

Hurricane Gothic

Blake Sanz -

The following is an excerpt from the short story collection The Boundaries of Their Dwelling by Blake Sanz. The Boundaries of Their Dwelling is available now from the...

Kissing Frogs

Foster Dalmas -

Leonie was no longer surprised when frogs proposed to her. The first time happened when she was seven. Mama had sent her out to play...

That Drowning Place

Morgan Thomas -

Driving north on the island road, they were mostly innocent. They’d done awful things, but the sort of awful that from a distance looks...

Study for the Prophet Joel

Willie Fitzgerald -

Mallory and Philip stood on the shoulder of the highway, arguing. She was sure that, if they just unloaded the trunk and actually looked...

Skateland USA

Graham Irvin -

A lady down the street in my neighborhood kept a lion for a pet for a couple years. She had a tall fence around...

Survivors

Lauren Green -

Mason did not speak the entire ride home. He sat instead staring out the window, arms folded across his chest. It was the middle...