SmokeLong Quarterly
An online literary magazine dedicated to flash fiction.
SmokeLong Weekly for August 20, 2018:
If the light, then the light
by Beckie Dashiell
The filmmaker worries he is losing the light. So many hours of work and planning, about to be wasted. He will go home that night and lie down next to his wife. She will already be asleep, though he knows she is just pretending—she is so light at it—until he hears her breathing slow. But … Continue reading If the light, then the light
More stories:
We Lose Our VirginitiesBy Diana Clarke
The Way to Reach YouBy Janelle Williams
Sky Like ConcreteBy Mike Riess
The PhotoBy Svetlana Beggs
Whale Fall—GRAND PRIZE WINNER Alvin Park
All the Other Dogs Screaming—SECOND PLACE Devin Kelly
Satellite—THIRD PLACE Elaine Edwards
I Went To the Tardigrade Eliezra Schaffzin
A Matter between Neighbors Jennifer Wortman
I’m Ron McRain said Ron McRain Jonathan Cardew
The Loneliness of the Siberian Chipmunk Michelle Orabona
The Reader in the Square Sara Johnson Allen
Anywhere We’ve Ever Wanted Jonathan D. Nixon
The Color of the Sea at Noon Kathryn McMahon
Mother of God Michael R. Sloan
Everything There Is to Love on Earth Lyndsie Manusos
How Leopards Sleep Molia Dumbleton
This Week’s Reader:
R. Cross
R. Cross is a writer from the Midwest. She currently lives in Ann Arbor where she attends the University is Michigan’s Helen Zell Writers’ Program. Her fiction has been featured in Day One, SmokeLong Quarterly, Fugue, Meridian, and elsewhere. You can find her online at rcross.net
Book Review: Alligators at Night by Meg Pokrass
by Julia Tagliere Brad Watson (author of Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives) dubbed Pokrass the “new monarch of the delightful and enigmatic tiny kingdom of micro- and flash fiction.” Incredibly prolific, Pokrass has written four previous collections and a book of prose poetry. Her stories and poems have appeared or are forthcoming in … Continue reading Book Review: Alligators at Night by Meg Pokrass
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