SmokeLong Quarterly
An online literary magazine dedicated to flash fiction.
SmokeLong Weekly for July 19, 2018:
Swans
by John Mancini
When I first met Sherry she was standing barefoot in the tall grass feeding bread to a swan. Sherry lived on the other side of Stoney Creek in a small clapboard house that sat up on cinder blocks, overlooking the cove and bordering the woods that hemmed in the neighborhood. The swan had just appeared … Continue reading Swans
More stories:
All the Other Dogs Screaming—SECOND PLACEBy Devin Kelly
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Her LipsBy Claudia Smith
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Twelve Things I Can Tell You about CuttingBy Kathryn Lipari
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Nobody Like YouBy Jeff Landon
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:
Amanda Miska
Amanda Miska is Publisher of Split Lip Press. She lives and writes in the Philly suburbs, and you can find her stories and essays at amandamiska.com/writing.
Book Review: Sherrie Flick’s Thank Your Lucky Stars
by Cheryl Pappas Lucky for us, Sherrie Flick has a new collection of stories. Thank Your Lucky Stars (Autumn House Press) comes out in September. If you read flash, you know her name. Flick’s stories have appeared in several anthologies dedicated to flash. She has published a chapbook (I Call This Flirting; Flume Press, 2004), … Continue reading Book Review: Sherrie Flick’s Thank Your Lucky Stars
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