SmokeLong Quarterly
An online literary magazine dedicated to flash fiction.
SmokeLong Weekly for February 16, 2019:
Helicopter Parent
by MFC Feeley
I don’t know how we get to the hospital, but my biceps tear when they force my elbows straight and take Hannah away. There’s nothing anyone can do. A believer might pray; I collapse like a marionette, the bereaved jetsam that scums every hospital hallway. Gurneys shoot by. Someone in a lab coat gives me … Continue reading Helicopter Parent
More stories:
BoneBy Didi Wood
Airplane ModeBy Raven Leilani
In November 2017By S.L. Bailey
BlankBy Shoshana Surek
Hum. Breathe. Stop. Tochukwu Emmanuel Okafor
The Unicorn Ashley Kalagian Blunt
Anne Boleyn Could Drink You Under the Table Jules Archer
What I Have Coming To Me Maddy Raskulinecz
The Sand and the Sea Michelle Ross
There Weren’t Even Any Bubbles Vivien Cao
Second Base Kaitlyn Andrews-Rice
So Silent and Still Kathryn Kulpa
Milk and Other Lies Judy Darley
This Week’s Reader:
Eva Wong Nava
Eva Wong Nava lives between two worlds. She writes fiction for children and adults, and hopes to find catharsis, poetry and meaning in the written word. Her stories have appeared in various places and she has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize by the editors of Ariel Chart. Eva is the founding editor of CarpeArte Journal where good stories and art are housed. She can be found on Twitter here.
SmokeLong on the Road — A Video Interview with Helen Rye
In 2019 we’re going on the road to meet as many SmokeLong contributors and editors as possible. This time, I’ve met up with Helen Rye, one of our submissions editors, in Munich to have a serious discussion about her experience reading the SmokeLong queue. Since joining the journal in July 2018, Helen has read and … Continue reading SmokeLong on the Road — A Video Interview with Helen Rye
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