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Ocean Jumper

Stephanie Jimenez -

When Lamia couldn’t be found on the tiny island of Atlantia, the people turned to the priest....

Angéline

Elisabeth de Mariaffi -

There’s this girl who was born to a dead painter and a suicidal mother. The mother is in an institution and the girl visits...

Edward Abbey Walks Into A Bar

Amy Stuber -

1. When someone you’ve been dating off and on for a year calls you from the beer...

Typically a Woman

Katie Burke -

I have started talking to the baby. Asking him questions he cannot answer. I say my name...

The Desert Fathers (Three Episodes from the Diary of a Retired Priest)

Daniel Hornsby -

SPOON Twenty years ago, a priest friend and I took leave of our parishes for a week and attended a retreat in the desert of...

Doublings

Shabnam Nadiya -

The first anonymous letter arrived by mail and was addressed to me. The return address was fake. It said, ...

Long Exposure

Hala Alyan -

All week they’ve been talking about the fog. The weather channel warns of it, the vacationers bemoan...

Volume VIII: 2018

Joyland Magazine -

The following is an archive of work published in the year 2018: Commensalism by Adam Dickinson Good in a Room by Duncan Birmingham Rolesville by Michelle Hart Zero Hour...

Finding Houdini

Paola Ferrante -

Whatever Jeremy would say, the snakes were always a problem. I know if Jeremy told our story he would say he never saw the...

VJ Day

Kirstin Allio -

In August the manhole covers began to seep. Summer had the same texture as the local Eyewitness...