Reclaiming Joy

Reclaiming Joy about perseverance, courage, and love. Each story explores a different situation where we must find some semblance of joy amidst a life mired by tragedy and trauma. For if we relinquish our hold on the things we love, the things that bring us joy, we may find ourselves trapped within a lonely abyss.

Joy brings light, hope, and inspiration, and is often found in the most unusual way.

14 STORIES

• The Chocolate Fairy by Sarina Dorie
• We Need Pretty Things by S.M. Fox
• Of Friends and Floating Orbs by Matt Bliss
• The Voluntolds of America by R. Jean Mathieu
• Scales by Emmeryn Palladino
• All Demons Great and Small by K.M. Veohongs
• Tea and Treasures by Raven J. Demers
• Seeing Turquoise Arwen Spicer
• Before the Bloom by Kiera Alventosa
• The Welcoming Sky by Carter Lappin
• The Third Place by Emma Sloley
• After the War by Valerie Hunter
• The Starling by Lindsay Mansfield
• In Tandem by Karl El-Koura

Edited by Dakota Rayne & Justine Manzano