SmokeLong Weekly Hiding by Frances Badgett, May 20, 2013 We stare across the table at each other, strangers. She asks me about school. I don't ask her questions. This leaves the room full of silence and air. She smiles, a thin unkind smile. I watch a pea roll away from the rice. Read more. SmokeLong Quarterly Issue Thirty-Nine (March 25, 2013): Chartres by Matthew Brennan «» With Dragon by Carol Guess and Kelly Magee «» Your Hindenburg by Gabrielle Hovendon «» Amateur Trailmaking for $1600 by Jennifer A. Howard «» Flood Damage by JD Jahangir «» Lessons from Oregon by Mark Keats «» Clearwater by Peter Kispert «» Copper Heart by Beth Konkoski «» The Quiet by Cara Long «» Cannibal by Rachel Lyon «» The Summer I Stole Joey's Matchbox Car by Tara L. Masih «» The Sahara Is No Place for a Boy by Vincent Pagé «» This Guy's Biggest Problem by Tammy Peacy «» Vigil by Emily Rinkema «» The Albino Alligator by Daniel Wessler Riordan «» Jesus Never Lies by TJ Rivard «» Interference by Glenn Shaheen «» Toska by Manuela Silvestre «» David Hasslehoff Is from Baltimore by Kara Vernor «» The Last President by James Zerndt «» Interviews: Matthew Brennan «» Carol Guess and Kelly Magee «» Gabrielle Hovendon «» Jennifer A. Howard «» JD Jahangir «» Mark Keats «» Peter Kispert «» Beth Konkoski «» Cara Long «» Rachel Lyon «» Tara L. Masih «» Vincent Pagé «» Tammy Peacy «» Emily Rinkema «» Daniel Wessler Riordan «» TJ Rivard «» Glenn Shaheen «» Manuela Silvestre «» Kara Vernor «» James Zerndt «» Cover Art by Alexander C. Kafka «» Letter From the Editor This Week's Reader Dan Crawley was awarded an Arizona Commission on the Arts fellowship in fiction and was nominated for Best of the Web. His stories have appeared in the North American Review, SmokeLong Quarterly, Penduline, Fiction Fix, Quarterly West, and elsewhere. He has taught fiction workshops at several different colleges and universities, including Arizona State University and Northern Arizona University. Dan is the author of "Our Littlest Brother," which will be included in our upcoming anthology, SmokeLong Quarterly: The Best of the First Ten Years He will read stories submitted to SmokeLong May 20-26. Read more about Dan on our blog. Submit. SmokeLong Feature Artist Spotlight: Carrie Wells April 22, 2013 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 Carrie Wells, an Austin-based artist working in photography. 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.