SmokeLong Quarterly
An online literary magazine dedicated to flash fiction.
SmokeLong Weekly for May 20, 2018:
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Girls, Girls, Girls
by Shannon Barber
This summer kills me and brings me back to life. Once upon a time, when I moved away from this neighborhood I hated summer. I spent whole summers doing and seeing nothing but hot bright skies and White girls trying to get tan. Now I’m home and the girls; the girls here kill me. There’s … Continue reading FROM THE ARCHIVES: Girls, Girls, Girls
More stories:
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Belly of a FishBy Rachel Mangini
FROM THE ARCHIVES: RecessBy Adam Peterson
FROM THE ARCHIVES: MetallicBy Ellen Parker
FROM THE ARCHIVES: One Purple FinchBy Kathy Fish
A Thin Sliver of Her Heart Kelly Barnhill
The Sky Is Just Another Neighborhood Lori Sambol Brody
Our Black Comedy Elisabeth Ingram Wallace
Watch, Watching Tochukwu Emmanuel Okafor
The Noises from the Neighbors Upstairs: A Nightly Log Amber Sparks
August 10, 2016 Michael Sarinsky
Aftershave and Soil Leonora Desar
This Week’s Reader:
SmokeLong Staff
The SmokeLong Quarterly staff will be reading all submissions for the SmokeLong Award for Flash Fiction, February 5--May 20, 2018. Click through for more information!
Cool Stuff Writers Do: An Interview with Container
Doug Luman and Jenni B. Baker’s Container is a literary project for artists interested in nontraditional storytelling. Container tells stories on lunchboxes and Rolodexes, on View Masters and with textiles—artists aren’t confined to book form. Recently we got the chance to talk about their vision, their story-objects, and whether or not a flower pot can … Continue reading Cool Stuff Writers Do: An Interview with Container
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