This Is What I Get for Wanting
When I cried over the phone, asking him if he was dumping me, he said in his gentle voice, “Sweetheart, we weren’t really a thing yet.”
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This Week in Short Fiction
This week, Joyland has a new story from poet and fiction writer Joanna C. Valente about gender, sexual intercourse, and sexual violence. Their story, “You’re Gonna Scream When You Die,” opens with a scene that immediately backs up the dire tone of the title. From the outset, the story is direct, raw, and unflinching in […]
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A professor who lived as a badger shares nature-writing tips. Casual sex after college: definitely a thing. Peanut butter purity battles—and is “natural” food really better? NASA plays God, recreates Earth. When, oh when, will you write your masterpiece? At age 45.
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