SmokeLong Quarterly: The Best of the First Ten Years (2003-2013) SmokeLong Quarterly: The Best of the First Ten Years (2003-2013) Get the Best of the First Ten Years of SmokeLong now! Our print anthology is available at Matter Press, featuring 56 writers and the first 40 issues of SmokeLong Quarterly! ORDER NOW. SmokeLong Weekly What You Sold Online by Sarah Moesta, March 3, 2014 I helped you take the picture just last week. The pink sweater was a good choice, because it made your eyes look bright. "Bring your hair in front," I told you, "so they can't see how wide your shoulders are." You pretended you were going to slap me, raising those big hands with the smooth skin, but I knew you'd never actually do it. And besides, I like your shoulders. Read more. SmokeLong Quarterly Issue Forty-Two (December 16, 2013): Portrait of a Writer I Remember as a Young Masturbator by Caren Beilin «» Masters of Matchsticks by Craig Buchner «» As If a Bestiary Had Wings by Michael Chaney «» The Meat Sweats by Michael Czyzniejewski «» Preemie by Matthew Dexter «» Summer of Pinbugs by Kate Folk «» Next Rest Stop, Twenty-Two Miles by Rosie Forrest «» Freckles by Brendan Gauthier «» Twenty-Five Minute Wait by Megan Giddings «» Queuing, Photographs, Morning Eyes by Jason Jackson «» Everything in This House Is Crooked by Alisha Karabinus «» Lot's Wife by Rebecca King «» When You Look for Us, I'll Be Here by Adam Peterson «» If You Find an Infant Squirrel by Heather Rounds «» Habits by Peter Schumacher «» How to Write a Hardship Letter by Nicole Simonsen «» The Low Hum of Vegetation by Ashley Strosnider «» Whose Voice We Wanted to Hear by Jacqueline Vogtman «» Śūnyatā by Allison Williams «» Interviews: Caren Beilin «» Craig Buchner «» Michael Chaney «» Michael Czyzniejewski «» Matthew Dexter «» Kate Folk «» Rosie Forrest «» Brendan Gauthier «» Megan Giddings «» Jason Jackson «» Alisha Karabinus «» Rebecca King «» Adam Peterson «» Heather Rounds «» Peter Schumacher «» Nicole Simonsen «» Ashley Strosnider «» Jacqueline Vogtman «» Allison Williams «» Cover Art by Dan Marbaix «» Letter From the Editor This Week's Reader Beth Posniak Fiencke lives with her husband, daughter and two cats in Arlington, Virginia. She saves nature by day and enjoys cult television at night. Her fiction has appeared in The Northville Review and Metro Moms Fiction. She will read stories submitted to SmokeLong March 3-9. Read more about Beth on our blog. Submit. SmokeLong Feature Artist Spotlight: Alexander C. Kafka January 22, 2014 This is part of an intermittent series of interviews with the artists who illustrate the wonderful stories we publish. Here, art editor Ashley Inguanta chats with Alexander C. Kafka, a photographer, journalist, and composer in Bethesda, Maryland. Read more. Interested in subscribing to SmokeLong's weekly newsletter? Click here. An email should be created. Send it as is, and you'll be subscribed. If the link does not work for you, send an email to imailsrv@smokelong.com with Subscribe slq-info in the body of the email (no subject is necessary). You'll receive updates detailing the release of new issues, new reading periods, contests, etc. We do not make our mail list available to anyone else.