SmokeLong Quarterly
An online literary magazine dedicated to flash fiction.
SmokeLong Weekly for May 25, 2019:
Flyover
by Jen Julian
For quite a while now, these people have been falling from the sky above our town. The fall is not easy to survive, though some of them manage. It’s a problem we have all been dealing with. My mother, being my mother, brings religion into it. She says these people are being punished, that they … Continue reading Flyover
More stories:
“Parasol,” Demetrios Jameson, 1947By C. Line Beston
Good Old LeonBy Matthew Vollmer
Milk MoneyBy Chloe Vaughan
The Least Fucked Up PeopleBy Max Hipp
This Week’s Reader:
Michael Don
Michael Don is the author of the story collection Partners and Strangers (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2019). His stories have appeared in journals such as Washington Square Review, Fiction International, Wigleaf, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, and SmokeLong Quarterly. He teaches at Penn State University and co-edits Kikwetu.
SmokeLong on the Road — Norwich (UK) Reading and Workshop
by Helen Rye The medieval city of Norwich, England, latest stop on the SmokeLong on the Road journey, is famous for mustard, British pubs and the legendary University of East Anglia creative writing program, founded by Malcom Bradbury in 1970. For a few cold and rainy days in early May, the SmokeLong Quarterly travelling editorial … Continue reading SmokeLong on the Road — Norwich (UK) Reading and Workshop
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