SmokeLong Quarterly
An online literary magazine dedicated to flash fiction.
SmokeLong Weekly for May 25, 2017:
How to be Another Person in Five Days
by Rebecca Bernard
1 You will begin by letting go. Lie down and open your mouth. Can you feel them? The air particles are moving in and out, alighting on your tongue and residing in your being. The secret is in the kind of particles. If you taste yellow, stand up. This yellow is sweet like the melancholy … Continue reading How to be Another Person in Five Days
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GeologyBy Katelin Eden
Lucky Number SixBy John Haggerty
Dream BarbieBy Mamie Pound
Missed Connections Kevin Hatch
The Expected Passing of Elliot’s Wife JSP Jacobs
Marjorie and the Mountain Jason Teal
I Am Not What I Set out to Be Chelsea Harris
Next Scene from the Movie Giant J. Andrew Briseño
Take a Look at Yourself Laura Citino
Story with a Gallinule’s Wing in It Seth Clabough
The End Is (Probably) Near Teresa Milbrodt
A Smooth, Shallow Cut Denise Howard Long
Grams Pouts With Duck Lips Allison Pinkerton
This Week’s Reader:
Kim Winternheimer
Kim Winternheimer's work has appeared in Tin House online, Lightspeed Magazine, Little Fiction, and The Rumpus to name a few, but her passion is in her role as the Founding Editor of The Masters Review, a publication that focuses on new and emerging writers.
Fridge Flash: Anger
Today’s Fridge Flash is from ten-year-old Kaia, who uses imagery to represent the fire of emotion. By Kaia Wootton ANGER Anger; the smell of smoke
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