cover art "The Eyes Have It" by Marty D. Ison Our Mission: SmokeLong Quarterly is dedicated to bringing the best flash fiction to the web on a quarterly basis, whether written by widely published authors, or those new to the craft. The term "smoke-long" comes from the Chinese, who noted that reading a piece of flash takes about the same length of time as smoking a cigarette. All the work we publish is precisely that—about a smoke long. Issue Fifteen Letter From the Editor Smoking With Matt Bell Aaron Burch Untitled (Gum) Joanne Comito Moth Nadine Darling Aquarium Elizabeth Ellen 8x10 Anne Elliott Four Stops Stephen Elliott On the Way to Work Kathy Fish Florida Thomas Kearnes Last Dance Davin Malasarn I Am Waiting for My Dogs to Die Pam Mosher Disgusting J.D. Riso Wildflowers: A Field Guide J. Chris Rock Fresh Dirt Chris Sheehan A Bear Story Paul Silverman Lefky Hailey Sowden Skinny Fred Spears Copenhagen John Sperling Small Waves Joseph Young Photographers Mike Young Ignorance of Ballet Catherine Zeidler Before, He Felt Like the Fat One