SmokeLong Quarterly
An online literary magazine dedicated to flash fiction.
SmokeLong Weekly for December 7, 2019:
Mother
by Christen Noel Kauffman
When the doctor turns the ultrasound monitor towards you, you aren’t prepared for tentacles suctioned to the umbilical cord. You never imagined the large eye sockets, wide disks in the black and white, or the mesmerizing motion of a round body and fluid limbs. We’ve never seen anything like this, he says. You’ll need to … Continue reading Mother
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The First InventionBy Tyler Sones
Gator BaitBy Alexander Cendrowski
LibrarianBy Wendy BooydeGraaff
The Thick of ItBy Sacha Bissonnette
Stormy’s Port and Polish Annie Lampman
All About Things That Can Hurt Stephanie Reents
Friday Night at Debra Jo’s Phone Sex Emporium Amy Rossi
Everything is Terrible but You Should Read This Story Amber Sparks
Earthquake Girls Jayne S. Wilson
熊貓飼養員 / Panda Breeder Tang Fei
Understanding The Bloom Cycle Of Roses Tania Hershman
Liquid History Elisabeth Ingram Wallace
Happy, Happy, Happy Amy Stuber
Megan Pillow (formerly Megan Pillow Davis) is a graduate of the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop in fiction and is currently a doctoral candidate in the University of Kentucky’s English Department. Her work has appeared in, among other places, <em>Electric Literature, SmokeLong Quarterly, Hobart, Paper Darts, Passages North,</em> and <em>Gay Magazine</em>. Her fiction has been chosen for the <em>Wigleaf</em> Top 50, and her nonfiction has been honored as notable in the 2019 edition of <em>The Best American Essays.</em> She is currently writing her dissertation and a novel. You can find her on Twitter HERE.
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