SmokeLong Quarterly
An online literary magazine dedicated to flash fiction.
SmokeLong Weekly for July 21, 2017:
Manatees
by William Todd Seabrook
The channel was so narrow the manatees could only swim through in single file, and we took turns diving into the water, riding their backs for a few seconds before surfacing. Their skin was soothing to touch, the globs of creatures that they were. Their blubbery bodies galumphing through the water filled us with a … Continue reading Manatees
More stories:
Night RunBy Monica Lewis
FloodplainBy John Jodzio
Encuentro NocturnoBy Rodolfo Rivas
ForksBy Kevin Matz
Shilly-Shallying David Schweidel
273 days before his suicide, Judge Haloran is back on the market Jacqueline Boucher
The Thing With Feathers Sarah Freligh
What Befell Boneyard Zeke James Warner
Our Lady of Lasers Allison Pinkerton
Where the Words Go Tara Campbell
After the Third Notice, the City Shuts Off Our Power Wynne Hungerford
How to be Another Person in Five Days Rebecca Bernard
Lucky Number Six John Haggerty
This Week’s Reader:
Allison Pinkerton
Allison Pinkerton is the 2017 Kathy Fish fellow at SmokeLong Quarterly. Her work is forthcoming in Image, and has been published online at Monkeybicycle, The Pinch, and elsewhere.
Fridge Flash: Not Going Back
Today’s Fridge Flash is from nine-year-old Ethan. Ethan shares a poignant story about love, loss, and childhood friendships that last a lifetime. By Ethan Hampel Jone was standing outside his house with the pointy roof. Up in the pointy roof was nothing. But he, he didn’t think that was right. His whole house … Continue reading Fridge Flash: Not Going Back
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