Author: Tara Laskowski

Tara Laskowski has been editor at SmokeLong Quarterly since 2010. Her short story collection Bystanders was hailed by Jennifer Egan as "a bold, riveting mash-up of Hitchcockian suspense and campfire-tale chills." She is also the author of Modern Manners For Your Inner Demons, tales of dark etiquette. Her fiction has been published in the Norton anthology Flash Fiction International, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Mid-American Review, and numerous other journals, magazines, and anthologies. Tara lives and works in a suburb of Washington, D.C.
Stories by Tara Laskowski
“Zooming In”—A Letter from the Editor - December 17, 2018
“All that flash can do”—A Letter from the Editor - June 18, 2018
“All About the Body”—A Letter from the Editor - March 19, 2018
“Let’s Get It On”—A Letter from the Editor - September 18, 2017
A Tribute and Memory—A Letter from the Editor - June 19, 2017
“Call and Response”—A Letter from the Editor - March 20, 2017
“There is light here”—A Letter from the Editor - December 19, 2016
“The Nature Issue”—A Letter from the Editor - September 19, 2016
“Desiccated Roses”—A Letter from the Editor - June 20, 2016
“Nebulous Jellyfish”—A Letter from the Editor - March 21, 2016
“Through the eyes of kids”—A Letter from the Editor - December 14, 2015
Letter from the Editor (49) - September 21, 2015
Letter from the Editor (48) - June 22, 2015
Letter from the Editor - April 2, 2015
Letter from the Editor (46) - December 17, 2014
Letter from the Editor (45) - September 22, 2014
Letter from the Editor (44) - June 23, 2014
Letter from the Editor (42) - December 16, 2013
Letter from the Editor (40) - June 24, 2013
Letter from the Editor (38) - December 17, 2012
Letter from the Editor (36) - June 15, 2012
Letter from the Editor (35) - March 26, 2012
Letter from the Editor (34) - December 19, 2011
Letter from the Editor (33) - September 27, 2011
Letter from the Editor (32) - June 27, 2011
When the Cicadas Come - December 20, 2009
Little Girls - September 28, 2009
A Minor Setback - June 25, 2009
The Hamster - March 18, 2009
Interviews involving Tara Laskowski
Smoking With Tara Laskowski - December 20, 2009
Smoking With Tara Laskowski - September 28, 2009
Smoking With Tara Laskowski - June 25, 2009
Smoking with Tara Laskowski - March 18, 2009
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