SmokeLong Quarterly
An online literary magazine dedicated to flash fiction.
SmokeLong Weekly for July 19, 2019:
Earthquake Girls
by Jayne S. Wilson
On the lawn, under the living room window and between the rose bushes, the three gnomes stand in a single row, cone hats like small red pyramids against the desert yellow of Paul Assenger’s house, names painted on two by his dead wife, on one by my mother. I destroy them all. Calvin and Allistair … Continue reading Earthquake Girls
More stories:
My Father’s SoulBy Martha Witt
Liquid HistoryBy Elisabeth Ingram Wallace
ViewfinderBy Christopher Santantasio
Shallow WaterBy Caits Meissner
My Body Double Begins the Whole 30 Diet Krys Malcolm Belc
Viewfinder Christopher Santantasio
“Parasol,” Demetrios Jameson, 1947 C. Line Beston
In Darkest Sky Jennifer Wortman
The Least Fucked Up People Max Hipp
The Space of a Decade Jake TS Wryte
Concepts Like Brian Brooke Randel
This Week’s Reader:
Grant Faulkner
Grant Faulkner is the executive director of National Novel Writing Month (aka NaNoWriMo) and the co-founder of 100 Word Story. He recently published a book of essays on creativity, Pep Talks for Writers: 52 Insights and Actions to Boost Your Creative Mojo. He's also published Fissures, a collection of 100-word stories, and co-edited Nothing Short of 100: Selected Tales from 100 Word Story. His stories have appeared in many literary magazines, including Tin House, The Southwest Review, and The Gettysburg Review. His essays on creativity have been published in The New York Times, Poets & Writers, Writer’s Digest, and The Writer. He co-hosts the weekly podcast Write-minded.
Artist Spotlight — Peggy Reavey
Interviewed by Paul Bilger Who are some of your influences? Degas. I’m not talking about the ballerinas. I’m thinking of a startlingly intimate painting (for that time) of a man trimming his wife’s toenails. “La Pedicure.” Also, “Portrait of the Bellelli family,” where a mother and two daughters stand facing the seated father. The mood … Continue reading Artist Spotlight — Peggy Reavey
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