SmokeLong Quarterly

SmokeLong Weekly for October 23, 2018:

My lips are so bitten up it’s like my mouth just chewed its way out of my face. I think my mother is about to tell me about the divorce between her and my father. Guess my age, with my parents getting divorced. You’re wrong, add ten years. I feel like I’m in a nightmare; … Continue reading What I Have Coming To Me →

Issue Sixty-One

September 17, 2018

Ringo Starr Jeff Landon

Sky Like Concrete Mike Riess

We Lose Our Virginities Diana Clarke

Sister Wives at the County Fair Lynn Mundell

We All Know About Margo Megan Pillow Davis

If the light, then the light Beckie Dashiell

The Photo Svetlana Beggs

Weather Person Steven Grassel

Swans John Mancini

Sweetness Gary Moshimer

‘Shopping’ ya Shilingi Elfu Tano James Kemoli Amata

Now You See Me Tiffany Quay Tyson

Government-issued Bunnies Caroline Bock

Ourself, Ourself Lindsey Baker

The Way to Reach You Janelle M. Williams

Gathered Family Janika Oza

A Case of Fire Tochukwu Emmanuel Okafor

This Week’s Reader:

Christopher Allen

Christopher Allen is a translator, freelance editor and the author of the flash fiction collection Other Household Toxins (Matter Press). Allen’s work has appeared in [PANK], Indiana Review, Jellyfish Review, Longleaf Review and others; his book reviews in Necessary Fiction, Word Riot and others. He is the co-editor of SmokeLong Quarterly.

Read the interview with Christopher Allen

Social Media and Politics in Kenya: An Interview with John O. Ndavula

For the last few months, the SmokeLong team have had the pleasure of having John O. Ndavula on staff as our Kiswahili editor and translator. The story he chose appeared in issue 61, out now. John has recently published a book about the effects and uses of social media in Kenyan politics. ___________________ Allen: John, … Continue reading Social Media and Politics in Kenya: An Interview with John O. Ndavula →