"Platinum" by Malina 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 Two Letter From the Editor Barbara Jacksha The Natural Order Tammy Turner View From A Flying Jimmy Bret Fetzer ISO Louisa Howerow Magic Yeast Jade Walker Must Sign for Delivery Margaret A. Frey Memoirs of a Jump Rope Queen Sean Oakley Nolo Contendere Lennart Lundh Campfire Conversation Peggy Duffy Snap Shot Rose McDonagh Fear Jane Sales Because of Penguins Eugenia E. Gratto With Love, Moon Diana Forrester Private Services Louise Jackson Red Flecks Nance Knauer Pictures—The Beach Outside of Nice Kay Sexton Love and Death in Legoland Didi Wood Sunset in Santa Monica Eric Wrisley Fragile