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Issue Eighty-Eight The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction 2025

June 2025

From the Editor

I have so much to tell you. First of all, Happy Pride. SmokeLong is thrilled to announce The SmokeLong Quarterly Trans Writer Fellowship (spring 2026) in cooperation with SAFTA. The deadline to apply for this fellowship/residency is September 1st, 2025. Find out more HERE but read my letter first! It’s short! You can find the… Continue reading New Front (continue reading)

Smokelong Quarterly Issue Eighty-Eight The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction 2025

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Loop & Spiral: Flash Fiction Through Poetic Forms with Sage Tyrtle

Flash fiction thrives on precision, momentum, and depth—qualities also found in structured poetry. This workshop challenges advanced writers to craft flash fiction using the repetition-driven frameworks of a pantoum and a sestina, pushing their prose toward unexpected resonance. Date: June 27th Time: 7pm NYC. Please check for your particular time zone! Duration: 90 minutes Zoom… Continue reading Loop & Spiral: Flash Fiction Through Poetic Forms with Sage Tyrtle

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Issue Sixty-Seven

I already work 100% online, so nothing much has changed for me–except my trip to Namibia has been canceled, my trip back to the US is in danger, the skin on my hands is peeling off because of all this sanitizing. Oh, and our gym closed yesterday, which we mourned with cookies and gin. Otherwise,… Continue reading Issue Sixty-Seven

Featuring stories by: L. SovieroSiamak VossoughiRachel ReeherRobert P. KayeBrett BiebelAndrew StancekAmy Foster MyerAlise MillerPatricia Quintana BidarDakota CanonHailee NielsenAlison StineEmma StoughLaurel MiramMaría Alejandra Barrios

Mizuki Yamagen

Mizuki Yamagen is a writer from Japan, living in the Rocky Mountains. During the day she works on climate action, and in her spare time, she worries about climate collapse. In her writing, Mizuki explores humanity and nature on the brink, or people in strange places and strange times. Her writing has appeared at HAD and is forthcoming at Flash Frog, The Citron Review, Five on the Fifth, Does It Have Pockets? and other places. Find her at mizukiyamagen.com

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