SmokeLong Weekly What Manner of Triumph by Leslie Jill Patterson, May 13, 2013 Last year, when cancer broke into our house, crept into our bedroom, and held a knife to your throat, I froze. You, so much braver, staved off the inevitable for nearly six months, letting him skulk about in your liver, then root for plunder in your bones. Hostages, we padded around our days in PJs and slippers, me watching your every move, learning how to tuck sheets like envelopes around the mattresses and how to clean mirrors with a soft T-shirt, yours. Read more. SmokeLong Quarterly Issue Thirty-Nine (March 25, 2013): Chartres by Matthew Brennan «» With Dragon by Carol Guess and Kelly Magee «» Your Hindenburg by Gabrielle Hovendon «» Amateur Trailmaking for $1600 by Jennifer A. Howard «» Flood Damage by JD Jahangir «» Lessons from Oregon by Mark Keats «» Clearwater by Peter Kispert «» Copper Heart by Beth Konkoski «» The Quiet by Cara Long «» Cannibal by Rachel Lyon «» The Summer I Stole Joey's Matchbox Car by Tara L. Masih «» The Sahara Is No Place for a Boy by Vincent Pagé «» This Guy's Biggest Problem by Tammy Peacy «» Vigil by Emily Rinkema «» The Albino Alligator by Daniel Wessler Riordan «» Jesus Never Lies by TJ Rivard «» Interference by Glenn Shaheen «» Toska by Manuela Silvestre «» David Hasslehoff Is from Baltimore by Kara Vernor «» The Last President by James Zerndt «» Interviews: Matthew Brennan «» Carol Guess and Kelly Magee «» Gabrielle Hovendon «» Jennifer A. Howard «» JD Jahangir «» Mark Keats «» Peter Kispert «» Beth Konkoski «» Cara Long «» Rachel Lyon «» Tara L. Masih «» Vincent Pagé «» Tammy Peacy «» Emily Rinkema «» Daniel Wessler Riordan «» TJ Rivard «» Glenn Shaheen «» Manuela Silvestre «» Kara Vernor «» James Zerndt «» Cover Art by Alexander C. Kafka «» Letter From the Editor This Week's Reader Spencer Wise was born in Boston and is a graduate of Tufts University and the University of Texas at Austin. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Narrative, Hayden’s Ferry Review, New Ohio Review, Pank, and Hobart, among others. Wise is working toward his PhD at Florida State University and lives in Tallahassee. He will read stories submitted to SmokeLong May 13-19. Read more about Spencer on our blog. Submit. SmokeLong Feature Artist Spotlight: Carrie Wells April 22, 2013 This is part of an intermittent series of interviews with the artists who illustrate the wonderful stories we publish. Here, art editor Ashley Inguanta chats with Carrie Wells, an Austin-based artist working in photography. Read more. Interested in subscribing to SmokeLong's weekly newsletter? Click here. An email should be created. Send it as is, and you'll be subscribed. If the link does not work for you, send an email to imailsrv@smokelong.com with Subscribe slq-info in the body of the email (no subject is necessary). You'll receive updates detailing the release of new issues, new reading periods, contests, etc. We do not make our mail list available to anyone else.